frustration
//fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- frustrations
Definitions
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.A thing that frustrates.
4.Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3673
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”).
By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.