Frustrated vs Bossy - What's the difference?
frustrated | bossy |
(frustrate)
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
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
(US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
As adjectives the difference between frustrated and bossy
is that frustrated is foiled, stopped, disappointed while bossy is tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering or bossy can be ornamented with bosses; studded.As a verb frustrated
is (frustrate).As a noun bossy is
(us|informal|dated) a cow or calf.frustrated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)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
* frustratedlybossy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).Noun
(bossies)- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.