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Frustrating

//ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

    "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)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    discouraging by hindering wordnet
  2. 2
    preventing realization or attainment of a desire wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of frustrate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From frustrate + -ing.

Etymology 2

From frustrate + -ing.

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