Synonyms for frustrating
frus·trat·ing

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1. frustratingverb

   Synonyms:
   discouraging

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1. frustratingadjective

   discouraging by hindering

   Synonyms:
   frustrative, thwarting

   Antonyms:
   permissive, encouraging

2. frustrating, frustrative, thwartingadjective

   preventing realization or attainment of a desire

   Synonyms:
   frustrative, thwarting

   Antonyms:
   encouraging, permissive

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1. List of paraphrases for "frustrating":

   disappointing, frustrated, depressing, discouraging, vexing, disheartening, unsatisfactory

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1. Robert Pressman:

   It's just so frustrating for us to know there's a solution out there -- a way to fix our daughter -- and some bureaucratic machine is preventing this from happening, you get so angry, but you don't know who to take it out on, because there's no particular person that's doing it. It's this big bureaucracy that's preventing this from happening.

2. Georgia Pellegrini:

   Its been a frustrating blow to know that weve got this content ready to distribute and we dont have the funds to pay for the distribution costs, the episodes are already filmed and a top-notch producer and crew are on board.

3. Derrica Wilson:

   I wish I knew the answer to that, it raises a lot of questions. It's very frustrating and it's very sickening...

4. Matt Wallace:

   I had a chance at par at 17 and missed it and then it was just a bad tee shot down the last, again it was frustrating but I'm playing really good golf so there's not much else I can do.

5. Naomi Campbell:

   There’s a huge difference between hunting and poaching, and what hunters are doing is legal. So when you have death threats on somebody who has done something legal, it’s extremely frustrating.