Frustrative

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mood indicating frustration. uncountable

    "The frustrative marked with the clitic -tha indicates that the action was 'frustrated', that it has failed already or is bound to fail; or that the success of an action is not yet certain."

Adjective
  1. 1
    That frustrates; causing frustration.
Adjective
  1. 1
    preventing realization or attainment of a desire wordnet

Example

More examples

"The frustrative marked with the clitic -tha indicates that the action was 'frustrated', that it has failed already or is bound to fail; or that the success of an action is not yet certain."

Etymology

From frustrate + -ive.

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