frustration

Definition

  • noun: a feeling of anger or annoyance caused by being unable to do something
  • noun: the act of 'frustrating'
  • synonyms: ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, annulment

Examples

  • These bureaucratic delays have been causing us a lot of 'frustration'.

  • These delays have proven to be a major 'frustration'.

  • He was angry about the 'frustration' of his plans.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Will you still care? Will you be there? In my trials... And my tribulations... Through all doubts... And frustrations... In my violence... In my turbulence... Through my fear... And my confessions... In my anguish... (..)
    1993 Free Willy