different between frustration vs headdesk

English

Etymology

From Latin fr?str?ti? (“disappointment”), related to fr?str? (“in vain”).Morphologically frustrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f??s?t?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

frustration (countable and uncountable, plural frustrations)

1. The feeling of annoyance when one's actions are criticized or hindered
2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated
   1. (law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
3. A thing that frustrates
4. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular

Translations

Danish

Etymology

English frustration

Noun

frustration c (singular definite frustrationen, plural indefinite frustrationer)

1. frustration (feeling)

Declension

Derived terms

• frustrationstærskel
• frustrere

See also

• desperation

References

• “frustration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin frustratio.

Pronunciation

Noun

frustration f (plural frustrations)

1. frustration

Further reading

• “frustration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

head +? desk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d.d?sk/

Interjection

headdesk

1. Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.
   • 2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.

   • 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic (2008), ?ISBN, page 154:

     Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*

   • 2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking (2010), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?

Translations

Verb

headdesk (third-person singular simple present headdesks, present participle headdesking, simple past and past participle headdesked)

1. (slang) To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation.
   • 2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet, St. Martin's Griffin (2011), ?ISBN, page 145:

     In no time at all you'll be headdesking just like a dog trainer, wailing at people's misinterpretations of their dogs.

   • 2014, Leigh Butler, Re-Reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Tor (2014), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The only reason I am not actually headdesking at him right now is because I have apparently devoted a disproportionate amount of migraine space to him already, and I wouldn't want to have my indignation at fictional characters distributed unfairly, quelle horreur!

   • 2015, Leah Raeder, Cam Girl, Atria (2015), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     She made them tell her everything, then had Ellis re-explain in layman's terms while I sat there mentally headdesking.

Translations

See also

• headbang