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Definition of frustrating adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

frustrating

adjective
 
/frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. causing you to feel annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want
    • It's frustrating to have to wait so long.
    • The frustrating thing is, they probably won’t even be in when we get there.
    Extra Examples
    • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.
    • It was rather frustrating for all of us.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • for
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