frustrationn.
/frʌˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /frəˈstreɪʃən/ The action of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > opposition of plans, frustrating
fruster1488
frustrationa1575
discomfita1616
frustrating1640
thwarting1825
discomfiture1828
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted
confoundinga1450
frustrationa1575
prevention1582
frustrating1640
baffling1689
thwarting1825
discomfiting1826
bafflement1841
derailment1896
snookering1935
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 184 That he should..with crafty secret frustrations dally with him.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 175 The perpetuall frustration and reuocation of the foresayd priuiledges.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xii. 135 This were..a frustration of that seminall power committed to animalls at the creation. View more context for this quotation
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 457 The Authors..having missed of their mighty aims, are fain to retreat with frustration and a baffle.
1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms II. (lxxxix. 46) 59 The frustration of the divine counsels concerning man.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxvii. 101 (note) Aristeides ascribes the frustration of this attack to the valour of two Athenian generals.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ii. 40 He thrust his hand into a purse..and explored it again and again with a look of frustration.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 548 There may be cases of acts absolutely inconsistent with, and amounting to an entire frustration of the main object of the deed.
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