Frustrated
[frʌ'streɪtɪd] or ['frʌstretɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Frustrate
Checker: Tom
Examples
- The words were hard; but this was not the first time that Lydgate had been frustrated by her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Thanks, however, to Gurt's quick ear, and the serviceable electric light, their little scheme was frustrated at nearly the moment of its fulfilment. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The accidents of the morning had helped his frustrated imagination to shape an employment for himself which had several attractions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If you do, then all my earnest efforts to avoid a scandal will be frustrated. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With them, to love is merely to contrive a scheme for achieving a good match; to be disappointed is to have their scheme seen through and frustrated. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Johnston frustrated this plan by himself starting back as above stated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He sat crushed and frustrated for the time being, quite as emotionless and barren as herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was baffled, frustrated, but unconscious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Tom