frustrationnoun
uk/frʌsˈtreɪ.ʃən/us/frʌsˈtreɪ.ʃən/frustration noun (FEELING)
B2 [ C or U ] the feeling of being annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want, or something that makes you feel like this:
I could sense his frustration at not being able to help.
This job has more than its fair share of frustrations.
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- Please don't shout - there's no need to vent your frustration on me.
- There is a sense of frustration among the players.
- Try not the let your frustration spoil the event.
- His failure to get the right job has a been a great frustration to him.
- Their frustration was evident to all.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Boredom, tedium and boring things
- a wet weekend idiom
- banal
- bland
- boredom
- bromide
- cabin fever
- corn
- dull
- ennui
- flatness
- insipid
- longueur
- monotony
- platitude
- stuffy
- tedious
- tedium
- torpor
- treadmill
- yawn
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frustration noun (PREVENTING)
[ U ] the fact that something prevents plans or efforts from being successful
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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