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Vinony

frustration

noun

  1. common emotional response to opposition, related to anger, annoyance and disappointment
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ / /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.

  1. The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
  2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
  3. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
  4. A thing that frustrates.
  5. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

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