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frustratingfrus‧trat‧ing /frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ $ ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective - It's so frustrating not to have a car to get around.
- It's so frustrating when you're in a hurry and the traffic isn't moving.
- Learning a new language can be a frustrating experience.
- Many callers have had frustrating experiences with customer service lines.
- Instead of allowing this to be a frustrating and pointless event, ask yourself why you created it.
- It did mean that keeping the Seayak on a bearing in a big sea was a somewhat tiring and frustrating battle.
- It is frustrating, confusing and severely diminishes the pleasure the writing could bring.
- Of course, there are times when it's frustrating - it can take me twice as long to find anything, for example.
- The reality is now, as it has always been, that teaching is a demanding, and at times frustrating profession.
- They can also create boring, frustrating mechanical jobs.
- Top 20 games are now almost never converted to run on it, which purchasers would find very frustrating.
- Yet perhaps the most frustrating incompetence of all is that which is repetitive.
making you angry► annoying · Jason is one of the most annoying people I have ever met.· Just as I stepped into the shower the phone rang. It was so annoying. ► irritating annoying, especially because something keeps happening that makes you a little angry: · Sammy has an irritating habit of leaving the refrigerator door open while he's fixing something to eat.· It's so irritating how Ellen always tries to finish people's sentences for them. ► infuriating also maddening especially British making you very angry and impatient: · Jill's attitude towards the people who work under her is infuriating.· I can't believe she's been reading our mail. How infuriating! ► be a pain in the neck also be a pain in the ass/butt especially American informal to be very annoying. Be a pain in the ass/butt are impolite expressions: · It's such a pain in the neck to have to drive downtown every day.· Bobby's being a real pain in the butt today. I wish he'd just go home. ► stupid informal used when you are talking about something that makes you feel very annoyed or impatient, for example because it does not work properly: · I have to stay late and finish this stupid report.· The stupid gate won't open properly. ► frustrating a situation that is frustrating is annoying and makes you feel very impatient by making it impossible for you to do what you want: · It's so frustrating when you're in a hurry and the traffic isn't moving.· Learning a new language can be a frustrating experience. ADVERB► more· Equally it could signal obstructions and contradictions of a more frustrating sort.· It was even more frustrating for Harry.· The second, on a blustery Sunday in October, was more frustrating.· Once we're found that favourite shape, there is nothing more frustrating than discovering that fashion has made it obsolete. ► most· The most frustrating aspect of this preparatory phase is the waiting period before the attack is triggered.· There are many limitations to Simmel's analysis, the most frustrating being his style and his level of generality.· It's bad enough trying to fly with unequal line lengths; having an asymmetric kite can be most frustrating!· Yet perhaps the most frustrating incompetence of all is that which is repetitive.· For Dai, John James and others involved, the problem was one of the most frustrating of the expanding years.· One of the most frustrating problems is organisational incompetence, particularly in venues that don't run cabaret regularly. ► so· That's what makes it so frustrating.· It was all so frustrating, infuriating. ► very· Top 20 games are now almost never converted to run on it, which purchasers would find very frustrating.· It is obviously very frustrating when something like this happens.· For tourists it is also very frustrating to have make journeys out to the suburbs to shop for food.· On top of this, dealing with recalcitrant debtors can be very frustrating, but where do you vent your feelings?· This was all very frustrating for Keynes.· Such changes are always difficult to work through and additional constraints would be very frustrating for the association and its members.· It's very frustrating being in prison. making you feel annoyed, upset, or impatient because you cannot do what you want to do: My job can be very frustrating sometimes. This is an immensely frustrating experience for the student. |