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| 1. | [ adjective ] disappointingly unsuccessful | |
| Synonyms: | disappointed foiled discomfited thwarted defeated | |
| Examples: | "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions" "their foiled attempt to capture Calais" "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers" "his best efforts were thwarted" |
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| Related terms: | unsuccessful | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement | |
| Synonyms: | discouraged balked baffled | |
| Related terms: | defeated | |
| Similar spelling: |
frustrate frustrative frosted frustration frustrating frustum frosted_bat fresh_water freestanding frostbite frigate freshwater freestyle freestone free_state |
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