frustration B1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #9632 Meanings 1 noun The feeling of being annoyed and impatient when you cannot do what you want. He slammed the door in frustration. 2 noun A thing that causes this feeling. Slow traffic is one of the daily frustrations of city life. 3 noun The act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding. The frustration of their escape plan left the prisoners hopeless. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · the act of stopping... foilingthwarting Word family Forms frustrations Derived forms antifrustrationismfrustragefrustrationalfuckstrationnonfrustration Etymology AI details From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion. frūstrātiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # frustration **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 9632 ## Meanings 1. The feeling of being annoyed and impatient when you cannot do what you want. 2. A thing that causes this feeling. 3. The act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding. ## Examples - He slammed the door in frustration. - Slow traffic is one of the daily frustrations of city life. - The frustration of their escape plan left the prisoners hopeless. ## Derived Forms - antifrustrationism - frustrage - frustrational - fuckstration - nonfrustration ## Roots and Affixes - Root: frūstrātiō ## Etymology From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion. ## AI Etymology Frustration comes from Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion. In current use, the main senses are “The feeling of being annoyed and impatient when you cannot do what you want” and “A thing that causes this feeling”. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown