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Definitions for frustrating
frus·trat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frustratingadjective

    discouraging by hindering

  2. frustrating, frustrative, thwartingadjective

    preventing realization or attainment of a desire

Wiktionary

  1. frustratingadjective

    discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty

  2. Etymology: Combination of frustrate and the present participle suffix: -ing

ChatGPT

  1. frustrating

    Frustrating refers to causing annoyance or distress through preventions, obstacles or difficulty in achieving a goal, completing a task or fulfilling a desire. It describes a situation, task or person that induces feelings of irritation, dissatisfaction or discouragement due to unexpected complications, delays, or failure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Frustrating

    of Frustrate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frustrating in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frustrating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of frustrating in a Sentence

  1. Norm Hess:

    It's very frustrating, health officers are acting within the law ; they're trying to protect kids at school and people in the community. It just seems like this whole pandemic has been so politically manipulated, and this seems like more of that.

  2. One Republican commissioner:

    It's very frustrating because you're trying to convince somebody, because you're looking out for their welfare, and some people can be obstinate.

  3. Cam Johnson:

    We did play very hard, put it out there, it is frustrating, very frustrating.

  4. Jack Eichel:

    I’m pretty happy it’s over. Just move on, it’s not an easy game to play in by any means. I’m not going to stand here and say it was. It’s frustrating. We wanted to get a win here and we didn’t.

  5. Walter Todd:

    If you look over the last 18 to 24 months, the reason why this space is so frustrating is because when oil rallies, they rally but not nearly to the degree you think that they should, but then when oil comes in, they get crushed.

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