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Synonyms for frustrating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fruhs-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrʌs treɪt

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Définition of frustrating

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin frustratus, past participle of frustrari "to deceive, disappoint, frustrate," from frustra (adv.) "in vain, in error," related to fraus "injury, harm" (see fraud). Related: Frustrated; frustrating.
  • verb thwart, disappoint
Example sentences :
  • For her these pre-election days were discouraging and frustrating.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • Just then I had to direct my energies to frustrating his plans.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • This was how she had met her tragedy, but at that time she had good hope of frustrating it.
  • Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young
  • Why will you choose so painful a remedy, by frustrating the easier?
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Even now he is frustrating the tokens of the liars, and making diviners mad.
  • Extract from : « Discipline » by Charles Kingsley
  • As a result, they are too few in number and are seriously understaffed, making shopping a time-consuming and frustrating activity.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • These pursue him everywhere, foiling his plans, and frustrating his hopes.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Sentiment » by Daniel G. Brinton
  • Only now it was a happy anticipation, and not a frustrating tenseness.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Wagon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • The Whigs were bent on frustrating the program of the Democrats.
  • Extract from : « History of the Constitutions of Iowa » by Benjamin F. Shambaugh
  • The most important agency in frustrating the submarine was the convoy system.
  • Extract from : « The Victory At Sea » by William Sowden Sims

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