Synonyms for frustration
frʌˈstreɪ ʃənfrus·tra·tion

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1. frustration

   Synonyms:
   defeat, destruction, disappointment, disaster, failure, miscarriage, overthrow, retreat, rout

   Antonyms:
   achievement, advantage, conquest, mastery, success, supremacy, triumph, victory

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1. frustration

   Antonyms:
   persistent, perennial, perpetual, permanent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. frustration, defeatnoun

   the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

   Synonyms:
   thwarting, licking, defeat, foiling

2. frustration, thwarting, foilingnoun

   an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

   Synonyms:
   thwarting, defeat, foiling

3. frustrationnoun

   a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

   "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"

   Synonyms:
   thwarting, defeat, foiling

Matched Categories

1. • Annoyance
   • Disappointment
   • Hindrance

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1. frustrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disappointment, defeat

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1. frustrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   defeat, disappointment, balking, foiling, nullification

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1. List of paraphrases for "frustration":

   disappointment, dissatisfaction, aborting, discontent, foiled, setback, depression, aborted

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1. Chris Davis:

   I watched the news more in the last couple of days than I have in my whole entire life, just to see the anger, the emotion, the frustration of the city the last few days was shocking. It's frustrating. I understand why people are upset and rightfully so. It's unfortunate that it's escalated to what it has. Related ImageExpand / ContractFans watch through a fence outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards as Baltimore Orioles play a baseball against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday in Baltimore. ( AP Photo/Matt Rourke) The postponed games on Monday and Tuesday were to be made up as part of a doubleheader on May 28.

2. President Obama:

   Now, having said that, people seem to think I did a pretty good job. And so there is this mismatch I think between frustration and anger. Perhaps the view of the American people was just that we need to shake things up, time will now tell whether the prescriptions that are being offered, whether Brexit or with respect to the U.S. election, ends up actually satisfying those people who have been fearful or angry or concerned.

3. Lauren Davenport:

   I think it relates to the fact that the 'one-drop rule' has been so strong for this population that they feel like historically they have been given less of an ability to choose their race, i believe this movement towards multiracialism is partially a response to that frustration.

4. Brian MacLellan:

   You’re going to have a year of missed opportunity to view, to see where they’re at and how they’ve progressed, and you’re going to make your evaluations based on a year earlier, we’ve been trying to do as many things as we can video-wise, so there’s probably a sense of frustration — probably a sense of frustration on the players that they don’t get to show where they’re at.

5. Garry Brown:

   By the time it comes to the beach, it’s done tremendous damage. Our frustration is, it could have been averted if there was a quick response.