frustrationfrus‧tra‧tion /frʌˈstreɪʃən/ ●●○ noun 
People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not being promoted quickly enough.in/with frustration I was practically screaming with frustration. In spite of his frustrations, he fell in love with the country.2[uncountable] the fact of being prevented from achieving what you are trying to achievefrustration of The frustration of his ambitions made him a bitter man.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Poetry helps me express some of the frustrations I feel.
- Students have spoken of their growing frustration with school administrators.
- The discussion sessions help patients deal with some of the frustrations they may be feeling.
- A strip stuck to the underside of the rule worked beautifully: no more slipping, frustration, or wasted tiles!
- He looked around the room and felt the frustration and anger building up inside him.
- In the end, she threw her pencil across the room in frustration, then paced over to the window.
- It is difficult to read the book without sharing her anger and frustration, or feeling her love of open spaces.
- Showbusiness gave the youngster a chance to escape into another world, away from the frustrations of an unsettled childhood.
- Then he was kicking, frightened yet enraged, eyes blurred with the tears of his own anger and frustration.
- Throughout time, people have turned their anger and frustration inward.
THESAURUS
a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair: · Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.· I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
slight anger or impatience: · He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted.· The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something: · He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning.· Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation: · You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later.· There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma.· The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: · Isaac sighed in exasperation.· Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly: · The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
anger and surprise about an unfair situation: · His voice sounded full of indignation.· The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
anger between two people because of something that has happened: · I had no ill feeling towards him.
British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past: · Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable: · He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.
Longman Language Activatorangry feelings · He was finding it difficult to control his anger.· Sandra helped us deal with the grief and anger we felt over Patrick's death.feel anger towards · Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.do something in anger · I've said some things in anger that have almost cost my marriage.
slight anger or impatience: · It's such an annoyance to have to drive you everywhere.much to the annoyance of somebody: · I like to stay up late most nights, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend.· The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
someone who has a temper has a tendency to become very angry suddenly: · Jill needs to learn to control her temper.· His wife left him because of his violent temper.bad temper: · There's one thing about Don that you should know - he's got a really bad temper.
a very strong feeling of anger that someone has that is either very difficult for them to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently: fly into a rage (=to suddenly became very angry): · When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage.shake with rage (=to be so angry, you shake): · Vera's hands shook with rage as she read the letter.in a blind/jealous/terrible rage: · Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
the feeling of being annoyed, caused especially by a difficult or unpleasant situation that you are unable to change or control: · Students have spoken of their growing frustration with school administrators.· The discussion sessions help patients deal with some of the frustrations they may be feeling.
a feeling of anger because you feel that you are being treated badly or unfairly, and cannot do anything about it: · Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment.· Resentment and jealousy can often build up in relationships.resentment at/against/of: · She couldn't let go of her resentment over the divorce.
a feeling of extreme anger at something wrong, unfair, or immoral, especially among members of the public: · Several parents of affected children have written to the Prime Minister to express their outrage.· Any attempts to lessen his prison sentence will cause public outrage.
the feeling of being annoyed, caused especially by someone or something that is repeatedly annoying: irritation with: · Bailey expressed irritation with the inaccurate reports in the media.a source of irritation (=something that causes irritation): · The heavy traffic is a constant source of irritation.
the feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: exasperation with: · Many people express exasperation with the National Health Service, but most seem to prefer it to a private system.in exasperation: · He pounded the desk in exasperation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not being promoted quickly enough.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Irritated with herself, she took her annoyance out on Bridget. I could hear mum venting her frustration by banging the pots noisily.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable, uncountable] the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatient, because you cannot control or change a situation, or achieve something: People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not being promoted quickly enough. Irritated with herself, she took her annoyance out on Bridget.· The tears he shed were tears of joy.
I could hear mum venting her frustration by banging the pots noisily.· Those meetings highlighted the deep sense of frustration with the management of the Foyle system.· Himes endured the deeper frustration of seeing that the more was not for him.· Surely he must be aware of her deep unhappiness and frustration at the vague, unsettled state of their relationship?· This leads to a deep frustration among so many of the believers in countless churches.· This occurs when the deep desires, frustrations and fantasies of the hidden self effervesce to the surface.· The deep sense of frustration and resentment felt by leaders of the Nixon administration should not be dismissed as mere paranoia.
· This represents a great deal of frustration, a sense of failure and a lot of parental income felt to be wasted.· My greatest frustration on the bench is the lack of support of the government for the judiciary.· This, too, brings great frustration to politicians.
· Repeated commissions and zemstvo investigations drew a grim picture of peasant destitution and growing frustration.· It was adopted by those abolitionists who in a growing mood of frustration had also developed the agency system.· Yet not enough projects are being launched to stifle growing frustration.· They also shared a sense of growing frustration with the lack of political reform and democratisation.
· Corbett felt hemmed in by the sheer frustration of the task assigned him.· But the die had been cast, in part through the power of imported ideas, in part through sheer frustration.· Jessamy wanted to shout at him in sheer frustration.
VERB· Initial attempts at moving together in a team often cause frustration and irritation.
· She was taking in the scene as a whole and experiencing a gutful of frustration and doubt.· By success, Wendt means that children feel good about participating in the activity and that they experience more success than frustration.· Few mountaineers can ever have experienced more bitter frustration.· In normal situations, babies experience frequent frustration from birth.· Students experienced frustration when their work with clients did not run in the way they had planned.
· Allow yourself opportunities to express anger, frustration, and sadness.· Another audience member expresses her frustration: Are we talking about a chemical imbalance?· Like Cratylus he long ago took a vow of silence to express his fundamental frustration at the world.· No one really disliked Tim, except that his teachers expressed considerable frustration with his performance.· At the meeting, some neighbors expressed frustration with authorities.
· If it had been anyone but a Ryan ... She felt tears of frustration stinging her eyes.· But Virginia felt a surge of frustration.· He was thinking of Mitch again and Maggie felt almost tongue-tied with frustration.· I feel tears of frustration starting: Little cheat, I moan.· The authorities continued to feel frustration with cattle owners who refused to report their losses.
· Leaders insist that only pockets around the country support escalation, but are aware of increasing frustration that the dispute remains unsettled.· Imagine how this information might increase the frustration of parents and teachers!· The next week became one of increasing frustration.· Out of increasing frustration, some members of the public at large are withdrawing from any participation in politics.· These years in Salzburg were also marked by Mozart's increasing frustration with life under Colloredo.
· Inconsistencies can be very confusing for young children and conflicting attitudes over toilet training and discipline can lead to frustration and unhappiness.· Another factor led to frustration, annoyance, and an unnecessary expenditure of about $ 800, 000.· This may be done with the best intentions, but it can lead to frustration and arguments.· Expectations that go unmet often fester and lead to frustration.· It led to frustration on his part.· Ambiguities as to roles can lead to stress and frustration.· This led to frustration in two respects.· Wrong expectations from parents lead to enormous frustration.
· I imagined that these characters were popular because they reflected the frustration of those who couldn't escape their lives either.· The relatively recent outbreak of street violence and protests largely reflect the frustration of young people unable to find jobs.· Besides cash flow, the minutes reflect frustration with current point-of-sale cash registers in the restaurants.
· It is difficult to read the book without sharing her anger and frustration, or feeling her love of open spaces.
· He is being so carefully nurtured that never yet has he suffered any frustration.· She, like Giulietta, is an observer and she suffers the same frustrations as the Renaissance woman.
· I can speak with feeling about the frustrations I experienced trying to obtain a suitable movement here.· After three days of total frustration trying to catch the elusive fish, Trondur did not give the dorado a chance.· The agitated man shook with frustration as he tried to relate his story.· His frustration he tried to keep to himself but it hovered about him until it shaded and finally swallowed him.· Inevitably, the special learner will have experienced more than the usual measure of frustration and failure in trying to learn.
· I said I get a lot of enquiries from frustrated knitters on this point and I can well understand their frustration.· Leroy, one of the newfangled, sensitive hoodlums, has trouble with relationships himself and understands Samantha's frustrations too well.· One can well understand the anger and frustration of the police force.· Independent councillor Derek McVickers sparked controversy when he said he understood Albert Dryden's frustration at planning decisions.· I m perfectly sure he understands Rocky's frustrations.· Most of us with children can understand the frustration of a parent, driven beyond endurance, who hits out.
· This is the Neds venting their frustrations but finding order through catharsis - a chaotic way of feeling better.· Employees just vented their frustrations on the survey.· Teasing you is a way for them to vent their frustration while building their own sense of power and camaraderie.· Despairingly she thumped the pillows into a more comfortable shape, as though she could vent her frustration on them.· She vents her frustration in her loose-leaf journal.· It is a winter wind, lost in April and venting its frustration on ships and trees.· The doctors, lacking a cure, vent their frustration on each other.
People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not being promoted quickly enough.in/with frustration I was practically screaming with frustration. In spite of his frustrations, he fell in love with the country.2[uncountable] the fact of being prevented from achieving what you are trying to achievefrustration of The frustration of his ambitions made him a bitter man.