English Explanatory Dictionary

frustration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
  2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
  3. The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
  4. A thing that frustrates.
  5. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

Pronunciation

/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ En-frustration.oga

Word forms

frustration frustrations

Etymology

From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.

Derived words

antifrustrationism frustrage frustrational fuckstration nonfrustration

Translations

Bulgarian: разочарование Dutch: frustratie Finnish: turhauttaminen Finnish: turhautuminen French: frustration Galician: frustración German: Frustration Italian: frustrazione Māori: hēmanawatanga Māori: whakahēmanawatanga Portuguese: frustração Romanian: frustrare Romanian: frustrație Russian: расстро́йство Russian: срыв Russian: круше́ние Russian: фрустра́ция Russian: крах Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija Spanish: frustración Turkish: bıkkınlık Hungarian: akadályoztatás Hungarian: csalódottság Hungarian: csalódás Hungarian: kiábrándultság Hungarian: elkeseredettség
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