Synonyms:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
At the last moment his plans had been frustrated.
His sister and brother-in-law seconded him; but they were frustrated by their heavy outfit and their own incompetence.
But the Kelpie frustrated whatever he may have resolved upon with regard to her: before he returned she had disappeared.
Thereupon, rendered more communicative by the trial I had gone through, I told him the whole story, what I had intended and how I had been frustrated.
Cats are great enemies to birds in the breeding season; but it is surprising with what terrible fierceness even the smallest birds will defend their nests from the inroads of predatory cats, whose evil intentions are thus often frustrated.