frustration
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- noun
- /frʌˈstreɪʃən/
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frustración
- Much to Octavian's frustration, these donations remain a topic of some debate among historians to this day.
- political frustration
- economic frustration
And then he goes on further and says the frustration of that potentiality is among his or her morally important characteristics.
- And then he goes on further and says the frustration of that potentiality is among his or her morally important characteristics.
Examples
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For the Palestinians, the 1948 war inaugurated the frustration of exile and the despair of stifled ambition.
Academic text (1991) -
Much to the frustration of some policy makers, NATO military leaders will not risk low flying attacks on Serb troops in Kosovo.
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The frustration for the families, though, is that nobody seems to know when that might be, or indeed, how it will take place.
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Believe me, I can understand your frustration.
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So, this relationship too was to lead to frustration and finally to estrangement.
Fiction book (1998) -
We should further consider the frustration of transactional confidence.
Academic text (2017) -
A recurring frustration for us today has been prime candidates that are not home.
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It was a lifetime of frustrations and thwarted ambitions.
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The end of decades of repression by totalitarian bureaucracies brings out accumulated political frustrations and economic hardships.
Academic text (1990) -
The frustration of not being able to find a job made her feel hopeless.
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Antonyms
Compounds
A short sudden moment when someone becomes very angry because things go wrong
How Obstructive
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Etymology
Frustration in the sense of preventing something also comes from the Latin frustra and the verb frustrate, which means to 'stop' or make a plan fail. So a 'frustration' can be the action that blocks someone's aims, which is why the word means the thing that prevents success.