frustrated
part of speech
adjective (frustrated, more frustrated); verb form (frustrate → frustrated)
meaning for a pupil
1) Feeling upset and annoyed because you cannot do something or cannot get what you want, even though you try. tree →
2) (verb, past) Stopped someone's plans from working: «The rain frustrated our plans». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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 →
- I got frustrated when my tower of blocks kept falling down. tree →
- She was frustrated with the hard maths problem. tree →
- When you feel frustrated, take three deep breaths. tree →
- The baby was frustrated because she couldn't reach the toy. tree →
- He felt frustrated by the slow internet. tree →
- Their plans were frustrated by the storm. tree →
- It's okay to feel frustrated; just don't give up. tree →
- 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 →
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 the corpora
- For want of counsel purposes are frustrated; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- When you get frustrated, you break the skill into small steps.
- When you get frustrated in practice, break the skill into small steps; small steps lead to big improvement.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «frustrated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.