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adjective

frustrating adj.

Preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.

Synonyms: frustrative, thwarting.

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.

Synonyms: disappointing.

verb

Frustrate v. t. (past & past part. frustrated; pres. part. frustrating)

To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. "Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine?"

To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Synonyms: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.

noun

frustrating n. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.

Synonyms: frustration, thwarting, foiling.

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Etymology of 'Frustrating'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Frustrating" Quotes from Famous Books

... called Iwai, who is said to have long entertained treasonable designs. A knowledge of his mood was conveyed to Shiragi, and tempting proposals were made to him from that place conditionally on his frustrating the expedition under Keno no Omi. Iwai thereupon occupied the four provinces of Higo, Hizen, Bungo, and Buzen, thus effectually placing his hand on the neck of the communications with Korea and preventing the embarkation of Keno no Omi's army. ...

— A History of the Japanese People - From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era • Frank Brinkley and Dairoku Kikuchi

... expressed by Buonaparte, on observing by the newspapers that he was to be sent to St Helena; it will be necessary that you redouble your vigilance to prevent his escape; and you are therefore to station double sentinels, and resort to every other means that may be necessary for frustrating any such intention." ...

— The Surrender of Napoleon • Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland

... and foolish youth refused to join in the proposed embassy to the Vatican, because he wished to appear alone before Alexander VI. and impress that new Pope by the magnificence of his apparel and retinue. Not content with frustrating the Moro's plan, Piero induced King Ferrante to withdraw his consent to the joint deputation, a step which did not tend to improve the strained relations that had existed for some time past between ...

— Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 • Julia Mary Cartwright

... prejudiced for any pretender! Arthur and he got on quite as well as could be expected of father and son—their differences never came to much; but on the other hand sir Wilton had a demoniacal pleasure in frustrating! To make a man he disliked furious, was honey and nuts to sir Wilton; and she knew a woman whose disappointment would be dearer to him than that of all his enemies together! It was better therefore that he should have no hint, and especially from her, ...

— There & Back • George MacDonald

... save for now and then a hoarse word of command. It was the expedition setting out for Lee. The impressiveness of this silent, formidable departure gave her a new sense of the responsibility she had taken on herself in frustrating the design of so many grave and weighty men, and interfering with issues of life and death. And then for the first time a dreadful thought occurred to her. What if after all there should be a battle? She had only thought of giving Perez warning, ...

— The Duke of Stockbridge • Edward Bellamy

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