frustrating

For her these pre-election days were discouraging and frustrating.

Just then I had to direct my energies to frustrating his plans.

This was how she had met her tragedy, but at that time she had good hope of frustrating it.

Why will you choose so painful a remedy, by frustrating the easier?

Even now he is frustrating the tokens of the liars, and making diviners mad.

As a result, they are too few in number and are seriously understaffed, making shopping a time-consuming and frustrating activity.

These pursue him everywhere, foiling his plans, and frustrating his hopes.

Only now it was a happy anticipation, and not a frustrating tenseness.

The Whigs were bent on frustrating the program of the Democrats.

The most important agency in frustrating the submarine was the convoy system.