Frustration
[frʌ'streɪʃn] or [frʌ'streʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
(noun.) a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; 'her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration'.
(noun.) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals.
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Definition
(n.) The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs
Typed by Juan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Disappointment, defeat.
Edited by Barbie
Examples
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But he had forbidden Will to come to Lowick Manor, and he was mentally preparing other measures of frustration. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Birkin, watching like a hermit crab from its hole, had seen the brilliant frustration and helplessness of Ursula. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To the boy, no doubt, the episode was only a pathetic instance of vain frustration, of wasted forces. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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