What does frustrating mean?

frustrating means "discouraging by hindering". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frustrating?

frustrating has 3 syllables: frus-tra-ting. The stress falls on "frus". In IPA it is /ˈfɹʌˌstɹeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for frustrating?

Close synonyms include frustrative, thwarting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frustrating a common word?

frustrating is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

frustrating — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
discouraging by hindering
Similardiscouraging
2.
preventing realization or attainment of a desire
Synonymsfrustrative thwarting
Similarpreventive

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What does frustrating mean?: frustrating means "discouraging by hindering". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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