frustration

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Etymology

From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

frustration (countable and uncountable, plural frustrations)

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.
1. (law) 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.
- 1965, The Georgia Review‎^[1], volume 19, University of Georgia, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 197:
  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 […]

Translations

feeling of annoyance

Arabic: إِحْبَاط (ʔiḥbāṭ)
Belarusian: расчарава́нне n (rasčaravánnje), незадаво́ленасць f (njezadavóljenascʹ), расстро́йства n (rasstrójstva), разла́д m (razlád)
Bulgarian: разочарование (bg) n (razočarovanie)
Catalan: frustració (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 挫折 (zh) (cuòzhé)
Czech: frustrace f
Danish: frustration c
Esperanto: frustriĝo
Finnish: harmitus, turhautuneisuus, turhauma, frustraatio (fi)
French: frustration (fr) f
German: Frust (de) m, Frustration (de) f
Greek: στέρηση (el) f (stérisi)
Hebrew: תסכול (he)
Hungarian: frusztráció (hu)
Indonesian: frustrasi (id)
Italian: insoddisfazione (it) f, delusione (it) f
Japanese: 挫折 (ja) (ざせつ, zasetsu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frustrasjon (no) m

Nynorsk: frustrasjon m
Plautdietsch: Äwadrissichkjeit f
Polish: frustracja (pl) f
Romanian: frustrare (ro) f, frustrație (ro) f
Russian: разочарова́ние (ru) n (razočarovánije), неудовлетворённость (ru) f (neudovletvorjónnostʹ), расстро́йство (ru) n (rasstrójstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija (sh) f
Spanish: frustración (es) f
Swedish: frustration (sv) c
Ukrainian: розчарува́ння n (rozčaruvánnja), незадово́леність f (nezadovólenistʹ), ро́злад m (rózlad), фрустра́ція (uk) f (frustrácija)

act of frustrating

Bulgarian: разочарование (bg) n (razočarovanie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: frustratie (nl) f
Finnish: turhauttaminen (fi), turhautuminen (fi)
French: frustration (fr) f
Galician: frustración (gl) f
German: Frustration (de) f
Italian: frustrazione (it)
Maori: hēmanawatanga, whakahēmanawatanga
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)
Turkish: bıkkınlık (tr)

state or instance of being frustrated

Hungarian: akadályoztatás (hu), csalódottság (hu), csalódás (hu), kiábrándultság (hu), elkeseredettség (hu)

contractual frustration

Chinese:
Mandarin: 落空 (zh) (luòkōng)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tarkoituksettomuus (fi) (state), tuleminen tarkoituksettomaksi (becoming), käyminen tarkoituksettomaksi (becoming)
German: Frustration (de) f (exact concept may not exist in German law)
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: hinder (sv) n

thing that frustrates

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: frustratie (nl) f
Finnish: vastus (fi), vaiva (fi), turhauttava juttu
German: Frustration (de) f
Serbo-Croatian: frustrácija (sh) f

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

Danish

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Etymology

English frustration

Noun

frustration c (singular definite frustrationen, plural indefinite frustrationer)

frustration (feeling)

Declension

Declension of frustration

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frustration	frustrationen	frustrationer	frustrationerne
genitive	frustrations	frustrationens	frustrationers	frustrationernes

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References

“frustration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frustrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

frustration f (plural frustrations)

frustration

Swedish

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frustration

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Noun

frustration c

frustration (feeling of frustration)

Declension

Declension of frustration

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	frustration	frustrations
singular	definite	frustrationen	frustrationens
plural	indefinite	frustrationer	frustrationers
plural	definite	frustrationerna	frustrationernas

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Contents

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

Declension

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