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}, {thwarted}]

2: used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement

[syn: {baffled}, {balked}, {discouraged}]