Meanings
plural frustrations
- countableuncountableThe act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- countableuncountableA thing that frustrates.
- countableuncountableAnger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
1 more example
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 her failure is pathetic because[…]
1965, The Georgia Review, volume 19, University of Georgia, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 197
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
nounan act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfrūstrātiō“disappointment”
- Englishfrustration
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِحْبَاط
- إِحْبَاط (ʔiḥbāṭ)feeling of annoyance
Bulgarian разочарование, разочарование
- разочарование (razočarovanie)feeling of annoyance
- разочарование (razočarovanie)act of frustrating
Catalan frustració
- frustraciófeeling of annoyance
Chinese Mandarin 挫折, 落空
- 挫折 (cuòzhé)feeling of annoyance
- 落空 (luòkōng)contractual frustration
Czech frustrace
- frustracefeeling of annoyance
Danish frustration
- frustrationfeeling of annoyance
Dutch frustratie, frustratie
- frustratiething that frustrates
- frustratieact of frustrating
Esperanto frustriĝo
- frustriĝofeeling of annoyance
Finnish harmitus, turhautuneisuus
- harmitusfeeling of annoyance
- turhautuneisuusfeeling of annoyance
- turhaumafeeling of annoyance
- frustraatiofeeling of annoyance
- tarkoituksettomuuscontractual frustration
- tuleminen tarkoituksettomaksicontractual frustration
- käyminen tarkoituksettomaksicontractual frustration
- vastusthing that frustrates
- vaivathing that frustrates
- turhauttava juttuthing that frustrates
- turhauttaminenact of frustrating
- turhautuminenact of frustrating
French frustration, frustration
- frustrationfeeling of annoyance
- frustrationact of frustrating
German Frust, Frustration
- Frustfeeling of annoyance
- Frustrationfeeling of annoyance
- Frustrationcontractual frustration
- Frustrationthing that frustrates
- Frustrationact of frustrating
Greek στέρηση
- στέρηση (stérisi)feeling of annoyance
Hebrew תסכול
- תסכולfeeling of annoyance
Hungarian frusztráció, akadályoztatás
- frusztrációfeeling of annoyance
- akadályoztatásstate or instance of being frustrated
- csalódottságstate or instance of being frustrated
- csalódásstate or instance of being frustrated
- kiábrándultságstate or instance of being frustrated
- elkeseredettségstate or instance of being frustrated
Indonesian frustrasi
- frustrasifeeling of annoyance
Italian insoddisfazione, delusione
- insoddisfazionefeeling of annoyance
- delusionefeeling of annoyance
- frustrazioneact of frustrating
Japanese 挫折
- 挫折 (zasetsu)feeling of annoyance
Māori hēmanawatanga, whakahēmanawatanga
- hēmanawatangaact of frustrating
- whakahēmanawatangaact of frustrating
Norwegian Bokmål frustrasjon
- frustrasjonfeeling of annoyance
Polish frustracja
- frustracjafeeling of annoyance
Portuguese frustração
- frustraçãoact of frustrating
Romanian frustrare, frustrație
- frustrarefeeling of annoyance
- frustrațiefeeling of annoyance
- frustrareact of frustrating
- frustrațieact of frustrating
Russian разочарова́ние, неудовлетворённость
- разочарова́ние (razočarovánije)feeling of annoyance
- неудовлетворённость (neudovletvorjónnostʹ)feeling of annoyance
- расстро́йство (rasstrójstvo)feeling of annoyance
- расстро́йство (rasstrójstvo)act of frustrating
- срыв (sryv)act of frustrating
- круше́ние (krušénije)act of frustrating
- фрустра́ция (frustrácija)act of frustrating
- крах (krax)act of frustrating
Spanish frustración, frustración
- frustraciónfeeling of annoyance
- frustraciónact of frustrating
Swedish frustration, hinder
- frustrationfeeling of annoyance
- hindercontractual frustration
Turkish bıkkınlık
- bıkkınlıkact of frustrating
Ukrainian розчарува́ння, незадово́леність
- розчарува́ння (rozčaruvánnja)feeling of annoyance
- незадово́леність (nezadovólenistʹ)feeling of annoyance
- ро́злад (rózlad)feeling of annoyance
- фрустра́ція (frustrácija)feeling of annoyance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with frustration
Cite this entry
frustration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frustration
“frustration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frustration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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