frustration

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

   Their constant complaints were the main source of our frustration.

2. 2
   noun

   Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

   The hope , however , is a slight one , and most attempts to love end in frustration : even Singer cannot endure the thought of life without Antonapoulos . The next most selfless seeker after love and happiness is Mick , who longs to express herself and to communicate with others through music, and her failure is pathetic because[…]

3. 3
   noun

   an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

4. 4
   noun

   the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

5. 5
   noun

   The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.

6. 6
   noun

   The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.

7. 7
   noun

   A thing that frustrates.

Etymology

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