frustrated

frustrated
adj.
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
become, get, grow

I'm starting to get frustrated.

leave sb, make sb

This failure leaves the child depressed and frustrated.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

She sounded rather frustrated to me.

deeply
completely, totally (esp. AmE)
increasingly
a little, slightly, etc.
clearly, obviously
sexually
PREPOSITION
at

Both sides in the dispute appeared very frustrated at the lack of progress.

by

We were frustrated by the long delays.

with

Sometimes he gets really frustrated with his violin playing.

Frustrated is used with these nouns: ↑ambition, ↑desire, ↑groan, ↑growl, ↑grunt, ↑sigh

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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