frustrating

English

Etymology

frustrate +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹəˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/, /ˌfɹʌsˈtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
• (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^[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).

Synonyms

• discouraging

Derived terms

• frustratingly

Translations

discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty

• Catalan: frustrador, frustrant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挫败 (zh) (cuòbài)

• Danish: frustrerende
• Dutch: frustrerend (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 and gerund of frustrate