Defeated female, corrosive influence getting told off (10)
I believe the answer is:
frustrated
'defeated' is the definition.
(I know that defeated can be written as frustrated)
'female corrosive influence getting told off' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'corrosive influence' becomes 'rust'.
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'told off' becomes 'rated' (rate can mean to scold harshly).
'f'+'rust'+'rated'='FRUSTRATED'
(Other definitions for frustrated that I've seen before include "Disheartened" , "Thwarted" , "Having a sense of discouragement and dissatisfaction" , "Foiled" , "Prevented from progressing" .)