frustration

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goalsSynonyms: defeat
  2. an act of hindering someone's plans or effortsSynonyms: thwartingfoiling
  3. a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized“her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Frustration \Frus*tra"tion\, n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.] The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs. [1913 Webster]
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