frustrating
US: /ˈfɹəsˌtɹeɪtɪŋ/
UK: /fɹʌstɹˈeɪtɪŋ/
UK: /fɹʌstɹˈeɪtɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
frustrating
- tính từ
- làm nản lòng, gây sự bực dọc
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
causing you to feel annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want: It's frustrating to have to wait so long. + The frustrating thing is, they probably won't even be in when we get there.
frustratingly adverb: Progress was frustratingly slow.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 thwart, foil, stymie, block, baffle, check, balk or baulk, disappoint, discourage, forestall, prevent, stop, halt, cripple, hinder, hamper, impede, hamstring, defeat, counteract, neutralize, nullify, counter, fight off, repel, repulse:
So far, we have been able to frustrate take-over bids for the company.
2 discourage, disappoint, upset, exasperate:
I feel frustrated because mother won't let me help with the bills.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, prove | become, get | make sth | find sth
I found the delays intensely frustrating.
ADV.
deeply, extremely, incredibly, intensely, particularly, really, terribly, very | increasingly | a bit, quite, rather, slightly | ultimately
It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.
PREP.
for
It was rather frustrating for all of us.
Concise English dictionary
frustrates|frustrated|frustrating'frʌstreɪt /frʌ'streɪt
verb
+hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
+treat cruelly
