blue-balled
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9.9
- adjective
- /bluː bɔld/
- Offensive
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Examples
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Pocketed the phone, left with blue balls in my own room because of my own hands.
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Actually they were kind of blue balled as it were, and they were in, they were in Western academia.
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After our date ended without any intimacy, I felt completely blue-balled.
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He was blue-balled throughout the evening after his romantic plans fell through.
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She left him blue-balled after teasing him all night without following through.
Synonyms
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2.8
Feeling disappointed because you cannot do something you tried hard to do
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3.2
Not happy because something does not meet your expectations
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3.7
Feeling unhappy because you did not get what you wanted
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Not feeling satisfied because a wish was not met
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5.4
Not feeling interested or excited to do things
Antonyms
How Frustrated
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Morphology
Etymology
The word blue-balled comes from the phrase blue balls, which describes the painful, heavy feeling some men get when sexual excitement is not released. So, to be blue-balled means to be left 'frustrated' or 'disappointed', and you can remember it because blue often means 'sad' or 'upset'.