Etymology

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Today it means: The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something. Full definition →

Latin frūstrātiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfrūstrātiō“disappointment”
  2. English todayfrustration

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

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