# frustrating

Pronunciation: US say "FRUS-tray-ting" /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/; UK say "fruh-STRAY-ting" /fɹəˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Discouraging, or causing annoyance or anger, because something is excessively difficult to deal with or accomplish.
   - Simple: Making you annoyed or upset because something is too hard or will not work.
   - _Losing the entire file after hours of work was deeply frustrating._
   - _She found the slow internet connection increasingly frustrating during the meeting._

## Verb

2. Present participle of frustrate. — present participle and gerund of frustrate
   - Simple: Present participle of frustrate. Use this -ing form when the action of blocking or annoying someone is happening now.
   - _Repeated technical glitches were frustrating the developers all week._
   - _Heavy traffic kept frustrating commuters trying to reach downtown._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "frustrate" with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/frustrating (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).