frustration
US/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
frustration noun: the feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
Noun
frustration (countable and uncountable, plural frustrations)
- The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- A thing that frustrates.
- Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
- The hope , however , is a slight one , and most attempts to love end in frustration : even Singer cannot endure the thought of life without Antonapoulos . The next most selfless seeker after love and happiness is Mick , who longs to express herself and to communicate with others through music, and...1965, The Georgia Review, volume 19, University of Georgia, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 197
frustration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
frustration in Hindi
- frustration
- कुंठा kuṇṭhā
frustration in Tamil
- விரக்தி, அங்கலாய்ப்பு
frustration in Urdu
- لالے
frustration in Bengali
- হতাশা, ব্যর্থতা, বিফলতা
More languagesFewer languages
- frustration in Malayalam
- നിരാശ, നിരാശത, ദേഷ്യം, ഉഗ്രകോപം
- frustration in Gujarati
- હતાશા
- frustration in Nepali
- हताशा
- frustration in Arabic
- إِحْبَاط ʔiḥbāṭ
- frustration in Indonesian
- frustrasi
Examples of frustration in a sentence
- There was no question of his blaming me for his frustration.
- Users may leave a Web site in frustration if a video autoplays when they visit.
- He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent-up frustrations from the day.
Forms of frustration
| plural | frustrations |
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Origin of frustration
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.
Words formed from frustration
Words that rhyme with frustration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about frustration
- What does frustration mean?
- Frustration means the feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- What is frustration in Hindi?
- Frustration in Hindi is कुंठा (kuṇṭhā). See Frustration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is frustration?
- Frustration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce frustration?
- Frustration is pronounced /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of frustration?
- The plural of frustration is frustrations.
Words near frustration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: frustration (page history and authors); कुंठा (Hindi) (page history and authors); frustration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frustration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frustration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frustration (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); frustration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frustration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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