1 [U] the feeling of being frustrated:
Dave thumped the table in frustration. * She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help. * sexual frustration
2 [C,usually pl.] something that causes you to feel frustrated:
Every job has its difficulties and frustrations. * Inevitably she took out her frustrations on the children.
3 [U] ~ of sth (formal) the fact that sth is preventing sth/sb from succeeding:
the frustration of all his ambitions
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for frustration is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is frustration a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, frustration is tagged as noun.
Does frustration appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — frustration appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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