Need another word that means the same as “frustrating”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “frustrating” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Frustrating” are: frustrative, thwarting
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “frustrating” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| frustrative | Preventing realization or attainment of a desire. |
| thwarting | Preventing realization or attainment of a desire. |
| daunting | Seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating. A daunting task. |
| debacle | Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer. The only man to reach double figures in the second innings debacle. |
| defeated | People who are defeated. The defeated enemy. |
| despondent | Without or almost without hope. Despondent about his failure. |
| disappointed | (of hopes or expectations) prevented from being realized. I m disappointed in you Mary. |
| discouraging | Causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing. A discouraging experience. |
| disillusioned | Freed from illusion. The minority groups were completely disillusioned with the party. |
| distressing | Bad; unfortunate. Some very distressing news. |
| doleful | Filled with or evoking sadness. A doleful look. |
| excruciating | Intensely painful. Excruciating back pain. |
| foiled | Disappointingly unsuccessful. Their foiled attempt to capture Calais. |
| foreboding | A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension. When the Doctor spoke his voice was dark and foreboding. |
| frustrated | Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something. Many frustrated poets end as pipe smoking teachers. |
| humdrum | Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. An escape from the humdrum of his life. |
| intimidating | Having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect. The intimidating defence barrister. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is. |
| menace | Be a threat or possible danger to. He spoke with desperate menace. |
| menacing | Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening. His tone became menacing. |
| painful | (of a part of the body) affected with pain. The painful process of growing up. |
| poignant | Sharp or pungent in taste or smell. The poignant scent of her powder. |
| sad | Of things that make you feel sad. I was sad and subdued. |
| sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss- Proverbs 14:13. The sorrowful news of his father s death. |
| stressful | Extremely irritating to the nerves. The stressful days before a war. |
| tedious | Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. A tedious journey. |
| tiring | Producing exhaustion. It had been a tiring day. |
| trying | Extremely irritating to the nerves. Fell upon trying times. |
| unfulfilled | Not carried out or brought to completion. Unfulfilled and uneasy men. |
| unhappy | Not satisfied or pleased with (a situation. The unhappy or sad news. |
| unsatisfied | Not having been satisfied. The compromise left all sides unsatisfied. |
| unsuccessful | Failing to accomplish an intended result. An unsuccessful attempt to enter Parliament. |
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