frustration
Pronunciation: /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “frustration” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- 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.
- A thing that frustrates.
- Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
Etymology
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.
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