Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
- adjective preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.
- adjective discouraging. Opposite of
encouraging .
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- adjective
discouraging ; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty - verb Present participle of
frustrate .
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- adjective discouraging by hindering
- adjective preventing realization or attainment of a desire
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. McCourt spoke after what he described as a frustrating three-and-a-half hour meeting with MLB executives, led by Rob Manfred , baseball's chief lawyer.
McCourt to Fight MLB Takeover Matthew Futterman 2011
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In spite of what he called a frustrating "lack of political will" by Liberian faction leaders for a peaceful civil war settlement, "there now appears to be reasonable grounds for optimism," Boutros-Ghali said.
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Barack Obama turned his 50th birthday into a 2012 campaign fundraising bonanza on Wednesday, buoyed by a hometown crowd after what he called a frustrating period locked in a debt battle with Republicans.
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CHICAGO Reuters - President Barack Obama turned his 50th birthday into a 2012 campaign fundraising bonanza on Wednesday, buoyed by a hometown crowd after what he called a frustrating period locked in a debt battle with Republicans.
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Internet Connections initiative, both of which they characterized as frustrating in last year's survey.
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Internet Connections initiative, both of which they characterized as frustrating in last year's survey.
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Internet Connections initiative, both of which they characterized as frustrating in last year's survey.
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After what she called a frustrating time in the store, she realized she could order the toys she wanted online, so she did.
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What I'm finding frustrating from the general media is the continual bias on issues.
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What makes this affliction especially frustrating is that I feel I properly maintain the machine.
Handheld power equipment won’t start? Maybe it’s the ethanol 2010
blasphamnesia commented on the word frustrating
i get SO FRUSTRATED when people pronounce it fustrating
October 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word frustrating
Cover their mouths with duck tape.
September 10, 2009