📖 frustration

noun

1. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
2. a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized“her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration”
3. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

See also: foilingthwartingdefeat

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