1.
[syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frustrate \Frus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Frustrating.]
1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose;
to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a
plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or
purpose.
[1913 Webster]
Shall the adversary thus obtain
His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no
effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frustrated
adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations
and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled,
frustrated, thwarted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "frustrated":
asexual, baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted,
castrated, chapfallen, cold, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed,
defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied,
emasculated, eunuchized, foiled, frigid, ill done-by, ill-served,
impotent, let down, neuter, neutral, out of countenance, regretful,
sexless, sorely disappointed, soured, thwarted, unsexed,
unsexual