frustration

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  1. noun The act of frustrating or an instance of being frustrated.
  2. noun The state of being frustrated.
  3. noun Something that serves to frustrate.

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  • The frustration was all this unlocked potential. —  Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web
  • She'd spent the war trying to get into the war, the frustration was all corked up inside her, and the cork just had to blow. —  154 - The Screaming Man
  • She stuffed it in her laundry bag and wished her frustration could be as easily discarded. —  Chapter 1
  • I was tired, cold, and muddy, but the frustration was the worst. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • Rhyme wondered if her frustration might be a symptom of what he himself had often felt — the burdensome weight of the evidence. —  The Bone Collector
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  1. from Latin frustratio (n-), from frustrare, frustrari, frustrate: see frustrate.
 

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/frəsˈtreɪʃən/
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