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# frustrated

adjective (frustrated, more frustrated); verb form (frustrate → frustrated)

«frustrated» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Feeling upset and annoyed because you cannot do something or cannot get what you want, even though you try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#m1)
2. (verb, past) Stopped someone's plans from working: «The rain frustrated our plans». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons on feelings: being frustrated is normal when learning something hard; we can take a break, breathe slowly, ask for help and try again. In stories it tells the reader a character keeps trying and failing. Phrases: «frustrated with/at/by», «get frustrated», «feel frustrated».

### Examples

- I got frustrated when my tower of blocks kept falling down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x1)
- She was frustrated with the hard maths problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x2)
- When you feel frustrated, take three deep breaths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x3)
- The baby was frustrated because she couldn't reach the toy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x4)
- He felt frustrated by the slow internet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x5)
- Their plans were frustrated by the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x6)
- It's okay to feel frustrated; just don't give up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x7)
- Already had they succeeded in placing Mount Ossa on Olympus and Pelion on Ossa, when this impious project was frustrated by Apollo, who destroyed them with his arrows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/#x8)

### Note

«Frustrated» = how you feel; «frustrating» = the thing that makes you feel that way: «The puzzle is frustrating, so I am frustrated». Noun: frustration. Not the same as «angry», though frustration can turn into anger.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means that plans fail, as when no advice is taken. In the primary lessons: In lessons on feelings: being frustrated is normal when learning something hard; we can take a break, breathe slowly, ask for help and try again. In stories it tells the reader a character keeps trying and failing. Phrases: «frustrated with/at/by», «get frustrated», «feel frustrated».

### Examples

- For want of counsel purposes are frustrated; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (Writings PRO.15.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frustrated/#x1)

### Note

«Frustrated» = how you feel; «frustrating» = the thing that makes you feel that way: «The puzzle is frustrating, so I am frustrated». Noun: frustration. Not the same as «angry», though frustration can turn into anger.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frustrated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frustrated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frustrated.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «frustrated» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frustrated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frustrated» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/frustrated.html) on Mova free.