adjective
frustrating
fruh-STRAY-tihng
adjective
1
Causing feelings of annoyance or discouragement, often because something is unnecessarily difficult.
"It's frustrating when the website crashes right before you submit a form."
"The slow internet connection was frustrating for everyone working from home."
How to Use Frustrating
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMaking you feel annoyed or discouraged, usually because of needless difficulty.
Common pairings
a frustrating experience
incredibly frustrating
frustrating delay
Word Forms
more frustrating comparative, most frustrating superlative
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Etymology
From frustrate plus the ending -ing.