Meaning of frustration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
   countable, uncountable
3. frustrasie إحْباط، فَشَل، تَثْبيط разстройване frustração frustrace, zklamání die Vereitlung frustration; skuffelse απογοήτευση, ματαίωσηfrustración frustratsioon ناکامی turhautuminen frustrationתסכול निराशा frustracija, neuspjeh meghiúsulás (tervé); bukás (vállalkozásé); rombadőlés (reményé) frustrasi vonbrigði; gremja frustrazione 挫折 좌절 neviltis, nusivylimas neapmierinātība; vilšanās; (plānu, cerību) sabrukums kekesalan frustratie, verijdeling frustrasjon, skuffelse, fortvilelsefrustracja ن...
4. The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
   countable, uncountable
5. frustración.
6. A thing that frustrates.
   countable, uncountable
7. The act of preventing the accomplishment or fulfillment of something: the defense's frustration of their opponent's attempts to score.
8. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
   countable, uncountable
9. Something that causes such a feeling or state: a job with many frustrations.
10. the condition of being frustrated
11. something that frustrates
12. (Psychology) psychol a. the prevention or hindering of a potentially satisfying activity
    psychol
13. the act of frustrating; state of being frustrated.
14. an instance of being frustrated.
15. something that frustrates, as an unresolved problem.

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Examples

“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[…]”

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