adj
Meaning 1
Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
frustrated
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
UK: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
US: /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
-
US, informal, nonstandard: /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
-
rhymes with -eɪtɪd
-
CMU ARPABET: F R AH1 S T R EY2 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, form-of, imperfect
Topics: law
Examples
- A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of frustrate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
disappointingly unsuccessful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, thwarted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: frustrat — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Chinese Mandarin: 失意的 — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Chinese Mandarin: 挫败的 — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Finnish: turhautunut — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- German: frustriert — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Korean: 좌절된 (jwajeoldoen) — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Korean: 실패한 (silpaehan) — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Winnebago: hiwaxgixjį — foiled, stopped, disappointed
- Bulgarian: разочарован (razočarovan) — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Bulgarian: обезсърчен (obezsǎrčen) — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Catalan: frustrat — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Chinese Mandarin: 挫败的 — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Chinese Mandarin: 泄气的 — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Czech: frustrovaný — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Danish: frustreret — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Finnish: turhautunut — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Finnish: tyytymätön — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Korean: 실망한 (silmanghan) — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Macedonian: разо́чаран (razóčaran) — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Macedonian: незадо́волен (nezadóvolen) — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Polish: sfrustrowany — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Swedish: frustrerad — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
- Winnebago: hiwaxgixjį — suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
Real reading context