Anger · common
frustrated
Blocked and chafing; anger with nowhere to put its hands.
- On the face
- A pressed, defeated scowl with sadness leaking in.
- Ink recipe
- surprised 65 · sad 50 · disgusted 50 · angry 20 · afraid 10 · suppression 80
More on being frustrated
Blocked and chafing, with nowhere to put your hands. Frustrated is anger plus helplessness, the specific misery of wanting to act and being unable to. From the Latin for 'in vain'.