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Frustrate vs Frustrated - What's the difference?

frustrate | frustrated |

As verbs the difference between frustrate and frustrated

is that frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired while frustrated is (frustrate).

As adjectives the difference between frustrate and frustrated

is that frustrate is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory while frustrated is foiled, stopped, disappointed.

frustrate

English

Verb

(frustrat)
  • To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
  • It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
  • To hinder or thwart.
  • My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
  • To cause stress or panic
  • This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
  • * Shakespeare
  • Our frustrate search.

    frustrated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frustrate)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • foiled, stopped, disappointed
  • suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.}}

    Derived terms

    * frustratedly