frustration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
4. (countable, uncountable) A thing that frustrates.
5. (countable, uncountable) Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

Synonyms

disappointment

defeat

frustrated

failure

foiling

discord

setback

thwarting

discouragement

discrepancy

conflict

inconsistency

derangement

breakdown

contradiction

helpless

impediment

letdown

muddle

obstacle

opposition

petulant

regret

repulse

agitation

set-back

turbidness

sadness

anguish

bafflement

baffling

breaking up

cancel

collapse

despondency

discontentment

disillusionment

dissatisfaction

dissatisfied

disturbance

dullness

exasperation

Translations

frustration

frustración

Frustration

frustrazione

frustração

frustració

frustratie

ματαίωση

disillusione

Frust

bıkkınlık

déception

derrota

défaite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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