1
resentful(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
shied
1
shirked
1
shrank(verb, hesitated)
1
shrunk(verb, hesitated)
1
snagged
1
sorely disappointed
1
soured
1
stonewalled(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
stymied(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
through the mill(expression, idiom, upset, disappointed, disheartened)
1
trammelled
1
ungratified(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
unsated(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
unslaked(upset, disappointed, disheartened, unsatisfied, unfulfilled)
1
up the wall(expression, idiom, upset, disappointed, disheartened)
1
waited(verb, hesitated)
0
arrested
0
at sea(expression, idiom)
0
backfired
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