frustrating
adjective
frus·trat·ing
ˈfrə-ˌstrā-tiŋ 
: causing feelings of anger and annoyance : tending to produce or characterized by frustration
a frustrating delay
a very frustrating experience
Mischel concludes that having the willpower to wait isn't about being stoic. It's about learning techniques that make waiting less frustrating.—
Pamela Druckerman
Pamela Druckerman
frustratingly
adverb
a frustratingly slow process
The book is sprawling and self-indulgent. Most frustratingly, it is almost entirely devoid of serious military analysis.
—Hew Strachan
Hew Strachan
Examples of frustrating in a Sentence
All these delays have been very frustrating.
these daily traffic jams are frustrating
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—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 May 2026
This scenario deprives producers, sales agents, and distributors of global monetization opportunities across all types of films, while frustrating audiences who discover these titles but can’t watch them.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 May 2026
Recent surveys show that companies with 750-1499 employees use about 116 different SaaS apps, with complex layers of interdependencies that make change difficult and frustrating.
—Thomas Berndorfer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Weather-monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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“Frustrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustrating. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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