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frus·tra·tion
(frŭ-strā′shən)n.
1.
a. The act of preventing the accomplishment or fulfillment of something: the defense's frustration of their opponent's attempts to score.
b. The feeling or state of being frustrated: I couldn't get a real person to talk to and slammed down the phone in frustration.
2. Something that causes such a feeling or state: a job with many frustrations.
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frustration
(frʌˈstreɪʃən)n
1. the condition of being frustrated
2. something that frustrates
3. (Psychology) psychol
a. the prevention or hindering of a potentially satisfying activity
b. the emotional reaction to such prevention that may involve aggression
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frus•tra•tion
(frʌˈstreɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of frustrating; state of being frustrated.
2. an instance of being frustrated.
3. something that frustrates, as an unresolved problem.
4. a feeling of dissatisfaction often accompanied by anxiety or depression, resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Latin]
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Frustration
- Feel so useless … like a still life —Margaret Drabble
- (I’m as) frustrated as a dog on a chain —Anton Chekhov
- Frustrated [about career] … as though she were peanut butter that was forced into a hypodermic syringe —Ann Jasperson
- Frustration … began to creep up his neck like a hot hand —Flannery O’Connor
- Frustration lingered between her legs like an ache —Susan Lois
- (The writing is becoming) more and more impossible … I’m like a toad squashed by a paving stone, like a dog with its guts crushed out by a shit-wagon, like a clot of snot under a policeman’s boot, etc. —Gustave Flaubert
- (The reporters are still) running around like blind dogs in a meat house —James Reston, New York Times/The Changing Guard, February 22, 1987
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| Noun | 1. |  frustration - the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goalsdisappointment, letdown - a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" |
| 2. | frustration - an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | |
| 3. | frustration - a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration" |
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frustration
noun
1. annoyance, disappointment, resentment, irritation, grievance, dissatisfaction, exasperation, vexation a man fed up with the frustrations of everyday life
2. obstruction, blocking, curbing, foiling, failure, spoiling, thwarting, contravention, circumvention, nonfulfilment, nonsuccess the frustration of their plan
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Translations
إحْباط، فَشَل، تَثْبيط
frustracezklamání
frustrationskuffelse
frustracija
bukásmeghiúsulásrombadőlés
vonbrigîi; gremja
frustrácia
frustracija
sıkılmaüzüntü
frustration
[frʌsˈtreɪʃən] N (gen) → frustración f; (= disappointment) → decepción f; (= annoyance) → molestia fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
frustration
[frʌˈstreɪʃən] n → frustration fto scream with frustration → pousser un cri de frustration
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
frustration
n → Frustration f no pl; (of hopes, plans, plot) → Zerschlagung f; the frustrations of city life → die Frustration or der Frust (inf) → des Stadtlebens; he has had many frustrations during the course of this project → er hat im Verlauf dieses Projektes viele Rückschläge erlebt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
frustration
[frʌˈstreɪʃ/ən] n (feeling, of hopes) → frustrazione f; (of plans) → inutilità; (setback) → scocciaturaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
frustrate
(fraˈstreit) , ((American) ˈfrastreit) verb1. to make (someone) feel disappointed, useless etc. Staying at home all day frustrated her.
2. to make useless. His efforts were frustrated.
fruˈstration nounfrusˈtrated adjective
1. disappointed; unhappy; not satisfied. She is very unhappy and frustrated as a teacher.
2. unable to have the kind of job, career etc that one would like. Literary critics are often frustrated writers.
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frus·tra·tion
n. frustración.
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