Frustrating and Open

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Frustrating adjective - Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.

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Open is an antonym for frustrating in thwart topic.

Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.

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Frustrating is an antonym for open.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

This is even more frustrating since you just got the shotgun, the weapon that had been used to "open" locked doors by the squad leader until that point.

Source: Video Game / Nightmare House
For those who bought a cheap used cartridge (without an instruction manual), not knowing to cut open the door to the Dotted Hole on Six Island in FR/LG is extremely frustrating because it says "cut" on the door, but in Japanese Braille.

Source: Guide Dang It / Pokémon
This becomes extremely frustrating when Obi-Wan is swinging a lightsaber in the face of some stormtroopers, and all Han Solo wants to do is build a switch to open a door, but the enemies don't give a damn about anyone but the guy who isn't attacking them.

Source: Video Game / LEGO Star Wars

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