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Frustrated vs. Irritated — What's the Difference?

Frustrated vs. Irritated — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Frustrated and Irritated

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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

Irritated

To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy
A loud, bossy voice that irritates listeners.

Frustrated

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

Irritated

To make sore or inflamed
The smoke irritated my eyes.

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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Irritated

(Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).

Frustrated

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

Irritated

To be a cause of impatience or anger.

Frustrated

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

Irritated

Simple past tense and past participle of irritate

Frustrated

Simple past tense and past participle of frustrate

Irritated

Experiencing a feeling of irritation.

Frustrated

Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

Irritated

(pathology) Inflamed and painful.

Frustrated

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

Irritated

Aroused to impatience or anger; as, made an irritated gesture.

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.

Irritated

Feeling inflammation or other discomfort (especially in a part of the body)

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

Irritated

Aroused to impatience or anger;
Made an irritated gesture
Feeling nettled from the constant teasing
Peeved about being left out
Felt really pissed at her snootiness
Riled no end by his lies
Roiled by the delay

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