frustratedadj.
/frʌˈstreɪtᵻd/, /ˈfrʌstreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfrəˌstreɪdᵻd/ 1. In senses of the verb; disappointed, balked, etc.; spec. of persons.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of purpose: frustrated
frustrate1447
discomfited1538
discomfishedc1540
frustrateda1643
balked1704
thwarted1828
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted
forbeft1487
prevented1568
frustrate1588
crossed1621
frustrateda1643
baffleda1658
nonsuit1679
balked1704
thwarted1828
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted > specifically of a person
frustrated1866
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of person: frustrated
frustrate1447
frustrated1877
a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 155 A frustrated name is an hainous crime.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 48 Our By-acquists do richly recompense our frustrated (or rather unsucceeding) pains.
1799 R. Warner Walk Western Counties (1800) 143 The two ravens..returned to accomplish their frustrated purpose.
1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 446 She hastily returns with a frustrated, nay, terrified aspect.
1854 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 204 The frustrated expectation..in the intellect is comedy.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxiv. 146 Now he felt weary, frustrated, and doubtful of his own temper.
1877 Daily News 5 Nov. 5/2 There must surely be..a good many frustrated careers.
1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics iii. 22 The individual if not grossly frustrated or oppressed, can adjust himself..to the ethical standards of his society.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Nov. 651/1 A whole class of discontented and frustrated young men who, after returning from the war, found inadequate scope for their energies.
2. Of goods, etc.: delayed or prevented from being dispatched.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > shipment of merchandise
short-shipped1891
frustrated1941
1941 Times (Weekly ed.) 30 July 17/3 We have recently had the unsatisfactory business of ‘frustrated exports’... Exports to several South American countries were ‘frustrated’ by official decree.
1952 Economist 31 May 612/1 The ‘frustrated exports’ that are already individually licensed for sale at home.
Draft additions 1993
fruˈstratedly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a frustrated manner
thwartedly1870
frustratedly1978
1978 Washington Post 5 Mar. f4/5 [It] fails to include direct references, often leaving the reader wondering frustratedly about an information source.
1982 A. Mather Impetuous Masquerade iii. 43 Rhia pressed her lips together frustratedly.
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