英和和英

動詞

frustrated

1. simple past and past participle of frustrate

形容詞

frustrated (comparative more frustrated, superlative most frustrated)

1. Foiled, stopped, disappointed. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (clarification of this definition is needed)
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.

   She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.

   • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎:

     Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.

3. (Philippines, law, of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.

   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.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:annoyed

派生語

関連する語

• frustrating