Frustration of hopes
1frustration — frus·tra·tion /ˌfrəs trā shən/ n 1 a: the act of frustrating b: the state or an instance of being frustrated c: something that frustrates 2: a common law doctrine of contract law: parties to a contract may be excused from performance even though… …
2unsatisfied hopes — index frustration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3disappointment — n. 1. Frustration, foiling, baffling, unfulfilment. 2. Frustration of hopes, sense of frustration, feeling of thwarted expectation …
4discomfiture — /dis kum fi cheuhr/, n. 1. disconcertion; confusion; embarrassment. 2. frustration of hopes or plans. 3. Archaic. defeat in battle; rout. [1300 50; ME desconfiture < AF: defeat. See DISCOMFIT, URE] * * * …
5discomfiture — dis•com•fi•ture [[t]dɪsˈkʌm fɪ tʃər[/t]] n. 1) disconcertion; confusion; embarrassment 2) frustration of hopes or plans …
6discomfiture — /dɪsˈkʌmfətʃə / (say dis kumfuhchuh) noun 1. defeat in battle; rout. 2. frustration of hopes or plans. 3. disconcertion; confusion …
7Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
