"frustration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frustration [singular], frustrations [plural]
Etymology: frustrate + -ation Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|frustrate|ation}} frustrate + -ation Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Frustration is the bad feeling of not being able to do what you want to do. Synonyms: disappointment
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  2. A thing that frustrates.
    Sense id: simple-frustration-en-noun-ZSNOAamV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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