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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

frustrating

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/fɹʌˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/

To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

In a Sentence

“It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. frustratingexperience frustratingbecause frustratingsituation frustrating
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Synonyms

frustrationthwartingpreventivediscouragingpreventativefoiling

Antonyms

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Related Words

frustrativeinfuriating

Poetry examples for “frustrating”

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