frustration

See also: Frustration

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin frustratio ‎(“disappointment”), related to frustrā ‎(“in vain”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

frustration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural frustrations)

1. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated
2. A thing that frustrates
3. The feeling of annoyance when one's actions are criticized or hindered
4. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular

Translations

act of frustrating

• Bulgarian: разочарование (bg) n ‎(razočarovanie)
• Dutch: frustratie (nl) f
• Finnish: turhauttaminen, turhautuminen (fi)
• French: frustration (fr) f
• German: Frustration (de) f
• Italian: frustrazione (it)
• Maori: hēmanawatanga
• Portuguese: frustração (pt) f

• Romanian: frustrare (ro) f, frustrație (ro) f
• Russian: расстро́йство (ru) n ‎(rasstrójstvo), срыв (ru) m ‎(sryv), круше́ние (ru) n ‎(krušénije), фрустра́ция (ru) f ‎(frustrácija) (business), крах (ru) m ‎(krax)
• Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija (sh) f
• Spanish: frustración (es)

thing that frustrates

• Dutch: frustratie (nl) f
• Finnish: vastus (fi), vaiva (fi), turhauttava juttu

• German: Frustration (de) f
• Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija (sh) f

feeling of annoyance

• Arabic: إِحْبَاط ‎(ʾiḥbāṭ)
• Finnish: harmitus, frustraatio (fi), turhautuneisuus
• German: Frust (de) m, Frustration (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frustrasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: frustrasjon m

• Romanian: frustrare (ro) f, frustrație (ro) f
• Russian: разочарова́ние (ru) n ‎(razočarovánije), неудовлетворённость (ru) f ‎(neudovletvorjónnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija (sh) f
• Swedish: frustration (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} frustratie (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} frustration (fr)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} frustración (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin frustratio.

Noun

frustration f ‎(plural frustrations)

1. frustration

External links

• “frustration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).