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frustrating
adjective
: causing feelings of anger and annoyance
Full Definition of FRUSTRATING
: tending to produce or characterized by frustration <a frustrating delay>
— frus·trat·ing·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of FRUSTRATING
1871
Related to FRUSTRATING
- Synonyms
- abrasive, aggravating, bothersome, carking, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, annoying, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, plaguey (also plaguy), rankling, rebarbative, riling, vexatious, vexing
Rhymes with FRUSTRATING
FRUSTRATINGLY Defined for Kids
frustrating
adjective frus·trat·ing \ˈfrə-ˌstrā-tiŋ\
Definition of FRUSTRATING for Kids
: causing feelings of disappointment and defeat <So the Egypt gang waited and waited and it was all pretty frustrating. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Egypt Game>
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