frustrating

frustrating

English

Etymology

frustrate +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
• (US) 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:

     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).

Synonyms

• discouraging

Derived terms

• frustratingly

Translations

discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty

Catalan: frustrador, frustrant Chinese: Mandarin: 挫败 (zh) Danish: frustrerende Dutch: frustrerende (nl) Esperanto: frustranta Finnish: turhauttava (fi) French: frustrant (fr) German: frustrierend (de) Hebrew: מְתַסְכֵּל‎ Hungarian: frusztráló (hu) Italian: frustrante (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: frustrerende Spanish: frustrante (es) Swedish: frustrerande (sv) Vietnamese: tức (vi)

Verb

frustrating

1. present participle of frustrate