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21trying — try|ing [ traııŋ ] adjective ** difficult to deal with in a way that makes you annoyed or tired: We ve all had a very trying day. Your son is turning out to be very trying …
22trying — adjective 1) a trying day Syn: stressful, taxing, demanding, difficult, tough, hard, pressured, frustrating, fraught; arduous, grueling, tiring, exhausting; informal hellish See note at hard …
23trying — adjective 1) a trying day Syn: stressful, taxing, demanding, difficult, challenging, pressured, frustrating, fraught; informal hellish 2) Steve was very trying Syn: annoying, irritating …
24trying */*/ — UK [ˈtraɪɪŋ] / US adjective difficult to deal with in a way that makes you annoyed or tired We ve all had a very trying day. Your son is turning out to be very trying …
25Trying — Try Try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trying}.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull, to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L. terere,… …
26trying — adjective Date: 1718 severely straining the powers of endurance < a trying experience > • tryingly adverb …
27trying — adj. Trying is used with these nouns: ↑circumstance …
28trying to escape — see shot while trying to escape …
29trying — adjective difficult or annoying; hard to endure: it had been a very trying day. Derivatives tryingly adverb …
30trying — adjective annoying or difficult in a way that makes you feel worried, tired etc: That child is very trying. see also: try 1 …