| dejection | | |
| n. (state) | 1. dejection | a state of melancholy depression. |
| ~ depression | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. |
| n. (substance) | 2. bm, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels. |
| ~ dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do | fecal droppings from a dog. |
| ~ body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body. |
| ~ crap, poop, shit, shite, turd, dirt | obscene terms for feces. |
| ~ droppings, dung, muck | fecal matter of animals. |
| ~ meconium | thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child. |
| ~ melaena, melena | abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding). |
| fiasco | | |
| n. (event) | 1. debacle, fiasco | a sudden and violent collapse. |
| ~ collapse | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in.; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity" |
| setback | | |
| n. (event) | 1. black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ whammy | a serious or devastating setback. |
| frustrate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ dash | destroy or break.; "dashed ambitions and hopes" |
| ~ short-circuit | hamper the progress of; impede.; "short-circuit warm feelings" |
| ~ ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ madden | drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ hamstring | make ineffective or powerless.; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" |
| ~ badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ persecute, oppress | cause to suffer.; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" |
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