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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

frustrating

· IPA /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
01 n. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
  1. 1.
    an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Syn. frustration, thwarting, foiling.
02 adj. preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.
  1. 1.
    preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.
  2. 2.
    discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. frustrative, thwarting. — Syn. -- disappointing.