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{
"term": "frustration",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the feeling of being frustrated",
"sensetop": "in frustrationfrustration of (doing) something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Dave thumped the table in frustration.",
"contextForm": "in frustration"
},
{
"text": "She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help.",
"contextForm": "frustration of (doing) something"
},
{
"text": "sexual frustration"
},
{
"text": "He took his pent-up frustration out on his family."
},
{
"text": "He was still seething with angry frustration."
},
{
"text": "I agree that we are accomplishing nothing at the moment, and I share your frustration."
},
{
"text": "I could have wept with frustration."
},
{
"text": "I was crying out of frustration."
},
{
"text": "I sensed frustration in her voice."
},
{
"text": "Many have expressed frustration at the delays."
},
{
"text": "There were tears of frustration in her eyes."
},
{
"text": "These petty rules can lead to frustration and anger."
},
{
"text": "They're showing frustration over the lack of progress."
},
{
"text": "their frustration with bureaucracy"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "great"],
"verb + frustration": ["experience", "feel", "seethe with"],
"preposition": [
"in frustration",
"out of frustration",
"through frustration"
],
"phrases": [
"anger and frustration",
"frustration and anger",
"a feeling of frustration"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that causes you to feel frustrated",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Every job has its difficulties and frustrations."
},
{
"text": "She took out her frustrations on the children."
},
{
"text": "My biggest frustration was not having enough time."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "great"],
"verb + frustration": ["experience", "feel", "seethe with"],
"preposition": [
"in frustration",
"out of frustration",
"through frustration"
],
"phrases": [
"anger and frustration",
"frustration and anger",
"a feeling of frustration"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the fact that something is preventing something/somebody from succeeding",
"sensetop": "frustration of something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the frustration of all his ambitions"
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frʌˈstreɪʃn/",
"audio": "fr/frustration/frustration__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frʌˈstreɪʃn/",
"audio": "fr/frustration/frustration__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin frustratio(n-), from frustrare ‘disappoint’, from frustra ‘in vain’."
}