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Synonyms
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
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The same words that encapsulated the widespread excitement over Kelly’s hiring now express the growing frustrations over the five-year, $23.3-million nightmare unfolding at the Rose Bowl. — Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Under Chip Kelly, UCLA is making the wrong kind of history," 7 Sep. 2019 Thomas expressed confusion and frustration over the gap between the company’s stock price and its performance and value. — Andre Meunier, oregonlive, "Widmer parent Craft Brew Alliance could be ‘blown up and rebuilt,’ CEO says," 5 Sep. 2019 Visitors commonly wait 45 minutes for rides, according to the document, and frustration over the shuttles has led to fiery exchanges between drivers and passengers, putting a black mark on many vacations. — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, "Yosemite’s review of park concessionaire Aramark slams it for poor service," 28 Aug. 2019 This all started when Booker and Joakim Noah exchanged words during a pickup game after Booker showed frustration over being doubled in the corner. — Duane Rankin, azcentral, "Kevin Durant, Trae Young, Gilbert Arenas, Jalen Rose fuel Devin Booker double team debate," 23 Aug. 2019 The Republicans challenging Hunter expressed greater frustration with the trial delay and with the congressman. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Delay in Rep. Duncan Hunter’s criminal case puts crimp in GOP primary calendar," 22 Aug. 2019 Mounting frustration over student attentiveness led administrators at the school, which is about 20 miles south of San Francisco, to institute the new policy this school year, which kicked off earlier this month. — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, "A California high school found students' cellphones too distracting, so they're locking the devices up," 21 Aug. 2019 Sancho joined Dortmund from Man Utd's neighbours Man City in 2017 for a fee of around £9m, due to the youngster's frustration over the lack of first-team opportunities at the Etihad Stadium. — SI.com, "Manchester United Given Huge January Boost in Pursuit of €100m-Rated Star," 14 Aug. 2019 Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger left the company last fall amid frustrations over Zuckerberg’s control. — Sarah Frier, Fortune, "Instagram Direct Is Being Rebuilt Using Facebook Messenger’s Technology," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frustration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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