frustrating

English

Etymology

frustrate +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, [ˈf(ɹ)ʌsˌtɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ], [ˈf(ɹ)ʌʃˌt͡ʃɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]

Adjective

frustrating (comparative more frustrating, superlative most frustrating)

1. discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

Derived terms

• frustratingly

Translations

discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty

• Catalan: frustrador, frustrant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: frustrerende
• Dutch: frustrerende (nl)
• Esperanto: frustranta
• Finnish: turhauttava
• French: frustrant (fr)
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• Hebrew: מְתַסְכֵּל
• Hungarian: frusztráló (hu)
• Italian: frustrante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frustrerende

• Spanish: frustrante
• Swedish: frustrerande (sv)
• Vietnamese: tức (vi)

Verb

frustrating

1. present participle of frustrate

Synonyms

• discouraging