Frustration - English meaning

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

The feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

You need to control your anger., he yelled at them in anger., his constant complaining only angered…

noun

The feeling or state of being annoyed; irritation.

Usage examples:

There was annoyance at the interruption

noun

The feeling or state of being annoyed

Usage examples:

I can understand your annoyance - i'd be furious if she ever treated me like that., (much) to our a…

noun

Something that makes you annoyed

Usage examples:

One of the greatest annoyances was being bitten by mosquitoes every night.

adjective

Impossible to understand; perplexing.

Usage examples:

The crime is a baffling mystery for the police

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Usage examples:

An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

adjective

Impossible for someone to understand or explain

Usage examples:

I found what he was saying completely baffling., the baffling array of features on baby monitors ca…

verb

Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

Usage examples:

He balked at such a drastic solution

noun

A roughly squared timber beam.

Usage examples:

A balk of timber

noun

The area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke.

Usage examples:

He then potted blue in the middle pocket but the cue ball rolled back off the baulk cushion into th…

noun

Sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness.

Usage examples:

The lime juice imparts a slight bitterness

noun

An unpleasantly sharp taste

noun

A feeling of anger and unhappiness

Usage examples:

He was full of bitterness after he lost his job.

noun

The action or fact of blocking or obstructing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The issue led to the disruption of classes and the blocking of the kakata highway by angry students

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

noun

The action or fact of preventing something such as light, air, or a moving object from passing through a place

Usage examples:

He is responsible for dealing with parking violations such as blocking of driveways., the structure…

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

noun

A stopping or slowing of progress.

Usage examples:

There was no check to the expansion of the market

noun

The action of overcoming a problem or difficulty, typically in a clever and surreptitious way.

Usage examples:

Circumvention of the rules undermines any fairness

noun

The process of avoiding something, especially cleverly or illegally

Usage examples:

The worst problems came from circumvention of the rules., the ban is open to easy circumvention.

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

Usage examples:

The second argument is more difficult to counter

noun

A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

Usage examples:

Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

noun

A small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker.

Usage examples:

It was used for making pendants, finger rings, playing counters, dice and even spindle whorls.

adjective

Causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

The news came as a crushing blow

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

Usage examples:

The front of his car was crushed in the collision

adjective

Severe

Usage examples:

Crushing blow the news came as a crushing blow., crushing defeat their army had suffered a crushing…

adjective

Attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

A dashing young pilot

verb

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.

Usage examples:

I dashed into the garden

adjective

Attractive and stylish because of being energetic, exciting, and confident

Usage examples:

A dashing young man

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Usage examples:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Usage examples:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Usage examples:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Usage examples:

Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

Usage examples:

I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

Usage examples:

Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

noun

The action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

An investigation into the derailment of a freight train

noun

The fact of a train coming off the railway tracks

Usage examples:

There's been a derailment just outside the city, and many people are feared dead., the number of tr…

noun

Sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfilment of one's hopes or expectations.

Usage examples:

To her disappointment, there was no chance to talk privately with luke

noun

The unhappiness or discouragement that results when your hopes or expectations have not been satisfied, or someone or something that is not as good as you had hoped or expected

Usage examples:

[ u ] her disappointment showed on her face., [ c ] after two losing seasons, we felt he was a disa…

noun

The feeling of being disappointed

Usage examples:

Avoid disappointment get tickets early to avoid disappointment., to someone’s disappointment to my …

noun

Dissatisfaction with one's circumstances; lack of contentment.

Usage examples:

Voters voiced discontent with both parties

adjective

Dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

He was discontent with his wages

noun

A feeling of not being satisfied with your situation or with the way you are being treated

Usage examples:

Mexican-american leaders expressed discontent with the administration., discontented with her job, …

noun

A feeling of not being satisfied with your situation or with the way you are being treated

Usage examples:

Mexican-american leaders expressed discontent with the administration., discontented with her job, …

noun

A feeling of wanting better treatment or an improved situation

Usage examples:

Discontent among discontent among junior ranks was rapidly spreading., widespread discontent survey…

noun

A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.

Usage examples:

Do not give in to discouragement

noun

A feeling of being less confident or less hopeful

Usage examples:

He had known discouragement and failure, but in the end he persevered and wound up with a successfu…

noun

The state of having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something

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A feeling of discouragement

noun

The feeling of not having much hope about a particular situation or problem

Usage examples:

There is a dispiritedness about the team these days.

noun

Lack of satisfaction.

Usage examples:

Widespread public dissatisfaction with incumbent politicians

noun

A lack of satisfaction

Usage examples:

At the moment she's experiencing a lot of dissatisfaction with her job., researchers found widespre…

noun

A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.

Usage examples:

She rolled her eyes in exasperation

noun

The feeling of being annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem

Usage examples:

Exasperation at there is growing exasperation within the government at the failure of these policie…

verb

Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

Usage examples:

A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery

noun

The track or scent of a hunted animal.

noun

A setback in an enterprise; a defeat.

verb

Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action.

Usage examples:

They will present their resignations to forestall a vote of no confidence

verb

Present participle of forestall

Usage examples:

The company executives forestalled criticism by inviting union leaders to meet.

verb

To prevent something from happening by acting first

Usage examples:

The company executives forestalled criticism by inviting union leaders to meet.

noun

The state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or slightly angry.

Usage examples:

Much to my irritation, chris fell asleep

abbreviation

He or she died.

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Ob. 1867

prefix

Denoting exposure or openness.

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Obverse

abbreviation

Outside broadcast.

verb

Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

Usage examples:

His conviction was quashed on appeal

verb

Present participle of quash

Usage examples:

His conviction was quashed in march 1986 after his counsel argued that the police evidence was all …

noun

Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

Usage examples:

His resentment at being demoted

noun

A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like

Usage examples:

He harbours a deep resentment against his parents for his miserable childhood., this decision has c…

verb

Decisively put an end to.

Usage examples:

A spokesman has scotched the rumours

verb

Cut or score the skin or surface of.

Usage examples:

Scotch with your knife the back of the carp

noun

A wedge placed under a wheel or other rolling object to prevent it moving or slipping.

verb

Present participle of snooker

Usage examples:

We had intended to go driving around scotland, but unless i can get my licence we're snookered.

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

noun

Waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.

Usage examples:

Colliery spoil

noun

A filling for a tooth.

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

Present participle of stop

verb

Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Usage examples:

He never did anything to thwart his father

noun

A structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

Usage examples:

Her hull is painted white with blue trim on the thwarts.

preposition

From one side to another side of (an area); across.

Usage examples:

A pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore

noun

The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

Usage examples:

Jenna bit her lip in vexation

noun

Worry or anger

Usage examples:

After several unsuccessful attempts to start his car, he swore in vexation.