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English
Etymology
frustrate + -ing
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹəˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, /ˌfɹʌsˈtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, ,
Adjective
frustrating (comparative more frustrating, superlative most frustrating)
- 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).
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Translations
discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty
Verb
frustrating
- present participle and gerund of frustrate