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Definition of frustrated adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

frustrated

adjective
 
/frʌˈstreɪtɪd/
 
/ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/
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  1. feeling annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want
    • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job.
    • His apathy just made her even more frustrated.
    • frustrated at/with something They felt frustrated at the lack of progress.
    Extra Examples
    • She sounded rather frustrated to me.
    • Sometimes he gets really frustrated with his violin playing.
    • This failure leaves the child depressed and frustrated.
    • We were frustrated by the long delays.
    • Airport workers were left to deal with the thousands of frustrated passengers.
    • She gave a little frustrated sigh.
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • at
    • by
    • with
    See full entry
  2. (of an emotion) having no effect; not being satisfied
    • He stamped his foot in frustrated rage.
    • frustrated desires
  3. [only before noun] unable to be successful in a particular career
    • a frustrated artist
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  4. not satisfied sexually
See frustrated in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee frustrated in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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