frustrating
adjUK /fɹəˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/ · US /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/
Etymology From frustrate + -ing.
1
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
- The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- Synonyms
- discouraging
- Derived terms
- frustratingly