{
    "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’."
}