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frustrated
adjective as in disappointed, thwarted
Strong matches
balked, crabbed, cramped, crimped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, embittered, foiled, irked, stonewalled, stymied
Weak matches
fouled-up, hung up on, resentful, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall
Example Sentences
Growing frustrated with issues in Britt’s personal life, McCarthy tweaked her birth certificate on his typewriter so she could run away with him to Mexico.
For customers frustrated by shrinkflation, Tropicana says the new bottles will cost about 70 cents less than their predecessors, though not all retailers have adjusted prices yet.
“I've met some of these aging and some ailing nuclear test veterans and I have just enormous respect for the campaign that they've run and share their frustrated anguish,” he said.
In the offices above his gargantuan studio in nearby Palm Desert, where he was raised and still lives, Smith said he was sad, frustrated and angry to hear that people were offended by the original design.
“If someone else did it, and it wasn’t great, I was really gonna be frustrated. Probably for the rest of my life.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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