FRUSTRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frustration mean? 

• FRUSTRATION (noun)
  The noun FRUSTRATION has 3 senses:

1. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

2. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

3. a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

  Familiarity information: FRUSTRATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRUSTRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

defeat; frustration

Hypernyms ("frustration" is a kind of...):

disappointment; letdown (a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized)

Derivation:

frustrate (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

foiling; frustration; thwarting

Hypernyms ("frustration" is a kind of...):

hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)

Derivation:

frustrate (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration

Hypernyms ("frustration" is a kind of...):

annoyance; chafe; vexation (anger produced by some annoying irritation)

Derivation:

frustrate (treat cruelly)

frustrate (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)

 Context examples 

The shedding of tears associated with emotions, usually sadness but also joy or frustration.

(Crying, NCI Thesaurus)

Sadness, anger, and frustration are common.

(Limb Loss, NIH)

Episodes of cyanosis that result from breath holding spells in response to anger or frustration, during childhood.

(Cyanotic Attacks in Children, NCI Thesaurus)

Frustration and economic uncertainty related to the start of the worldwide crisis may have had unexpected results.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

Also, if you write for the Internet, are in publishing, broadcasting, social media, podcasting, app or software development, or other parts of the digital world, Mercury could create frustrations.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We do not mean frustration over memory loss or inability to perform usual tasks; we are interested to know if the patient has abnormal irritability, impatience, or rapid emotional changes different from his/her usual self.

(NPI - Get Irritated and Easily Disturbed, NCI Thesaurus)

Mars will sometimes stir the pot in an effort to clear the air of any submerged feelings of frustration that may have festered.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You won’t have the frustrations of delays and postponements that you had last month, for Mercury was retrograde, but he will go direct on March 9, allowing life to move at a faster clip by mid-month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)