Basic Details
Word: Frustration
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The feeling of being annoyed and upset because you cannot do or get what you want.
Synonyms: annoyance
Antonyms: satisfaction
How to Spell Frustration
Syllables: frus - tra - tion
Tricky part: The end says 'shun' but is spelt tion. Children also drop one of the two r's: frustation leaves out the second, fustration the first.
Watch out for: frustation, frustrasion, fustration
Memory tip: Take frustrate, rub out its last e and write ion in its place: frustrat + ion.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Tanvi kicked the grass in frustration when the ball missed the goal.
Example 2: My little sister cried with frustration when her tower fell.
Example 3: Waiting in the long queue filled us with frustration.
Fun Fact
Even babies show frustration long before they can talk, by crying or kicking when they cannot reach a toy.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Rehan threw down his pencil in frustation after the third wrong answer.
a) answer
b) pencil
c) threw
d) frustation
Show answer
d) frustation. It comes from frustrate, so the tr must stay before ation.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) celebretion
b) irritasion
c) frustration
d) imajination
Show answer
c) frustration. The others hide a slip: s for t in irritation, j for g in imagination, e for a in celebration.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: frustration
a) irritation
b) annoyance
c) anger
d) satisfaction
Show answer
d) satisfaction. Satisfaction is the pleased feeling when things go well; the other three are close to frustration.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
trusnorifat
a) frustration
b) frusration
c) frustartion
d) frustraiton
Show answer
a) frustration. Build it in three parts: frus, tra, tion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these could cause frustration?
a) a tasty lunch
b) a gift from a friend
c) a zip that keeps getting stuck
d) a sunny holiday
Show answer
c) a zip that keeps getting stuck
2. Frustration is a kind of ____.
a) game
b) feeling
c) place
d) fruit
Show answer
b) feeling
