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. De Jesus:

   That’s a continual fight. But the government spending also speaks to us. That was the disappointment and frustration you heard in brother Graham’s tone. many evangelicals are still vetting.

2. Maricopa County:

   All legal ballots were counted and included in the official results, but the printer issues caused frustration for many Election Day voters, something the Board has vowed to remedy.

3. Briton Alex Inglot:

   Generally, the reality is that there are only a few big issues that are pretty much zero-sum games, whether it's prize money, whether it's changes to the calendar, whether it's reviewing formats or things like that. So in those situations where interests are intrinsically differing, they cause frustration and friction almost by definition.

4. The President:

   My mind went back to what it was like for me when I was 17, 18, 20, as I told them, not only do I hear the pain and frustration of being subjected to that kind of constant suspicion, part of the reason I got into politics was to figure out how can I bridge some of those gaps and understandings so that the larger country understands this is not just a black problem or a brown problem, this is an American problem.

5. Ed Keon:

   This is obviously Delta-related, there is a lot of frustration about supply chains and finding labor. The big jump in wages last month may simply be due to the lack of growth in lower paying services jobs.