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Frustrated vs. Disappointed — What's the Difference?

Frustrated vs. Disappointed — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Frustrated and Disappointed

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Frustrated

Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something
Young people get frustrated with the system

Disappointed

Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations
I'm disappointed in you, Mary
Thousands of disappointed customers were kept waiting

Frustrated

(of a person) unable to follow or be successful in a particular career
A frustrated actor

Disappointed

Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.

Frustrated

To prevent (someone) from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart
A persistent wind frustrated me as I tried to rake the leaves.
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Disappointed

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.

Frustrated

To cause feelings of discouragement, annoyance, or lack of fulfillment in
She was frustrated by his inability to remember her birthday.

Disappointed

Having had a marriage proposal rejected.

Frustrated

To prevent from coming to fruition or fulfillment; render ineffectual
Frustrated his ambition.
Frustrated their scheme for reform.

Disappointed

Expressing or indicating disappointment.
A disappointed tone / face / silence

Frustrated

Simple past tense and past participle of frustrate

Disappointed

Simple past tense and past participle of disappoint

Frustrated

Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

Disappointed

Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

Frustrated

Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.

Disappointed

Unprepared; unequipped.
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.

Frustrated

(of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.

Disappointed

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

Frustrated

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

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