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# frustration

noun (frustration, frustrations)

«frustration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cross, upset feeling you get when you cannot do something or cannot get what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#m1)
2. A thing that causes this feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#m2)
3. Frustration can also mean the act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#m3)

### In the lessons

In lessons about feelings, frustration comes when a puzzle is hard or a game goes wrong. Children learn calm ways to deal with it: take a deep breath, take a break, ask for help, try again. In stories, frustration can make a character give up or try harder. Phrases: «in frustration», «feel frustration», «a source of frustration».

### Examples

- He kicked the ball in frustration when he missed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x1)
- Learning to ride a bike can cause frustration at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x2)
- Take a deep breath when you feel frustration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x3)
- One frustration of camping is the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x4)
- She groaned with frustration at the long sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x5)
- Talking to someone can help you let your frustration go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x6)
- But the wicked woman was furious at the frustration of her own evil designs, and only thought of what harder thing she could set the girl to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/#x7)

### Note

Mostly uncountable (the feeling); countable for things that cause it: «small frustrations». Verb: frustrate; adjectives: frustrated (how you feel), frustrating (what causes it). Frustration is normal; hitting or breaking things is not the right way to show it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frustration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frustration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frustration.html) on Mova free.