It's very frustrating to try to find your glasses when you can't see anything without glasses.
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Frustrating
//ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ//
Synonyms for "frustrating" (12 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesderived from
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2 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- frustrador adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
- frustrant adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 挫败 adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Czech
1 entries- frustrující adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Danish
1 entries- frustrerende adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Dutch
1 entries- frustrerend adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Esperanto
1 entries- frustranta adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Finnish
1 entries- turhauttava adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
French
1 entries- frustrant adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
German
1 entries- frustrierend adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְתַסְכֵּל adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Hungarian
1 entries- frusztráló adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Italian
1 entries- frustrante adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- frustrerende adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Portuguese
1 entries- frustrante adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Spanish
1 entries- frustrante adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Swedish
1 entries- frustrerande adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tức adj (discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom finds it really frustrating.
Source: tatoeba (1094089)
I won't be able to stay in such a frustrating job.
Source: tatoeba (1153900)
Work is so frustrating today.
Source: tatoeba (1318533)
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