Trying

Quick meaning: Trying is an adjective meaning Difficult to endure; arduous.

Meaning

Difficult to endure; arduous.

More Meanings

1. Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
2. present participle and gerund of try
3. (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.

Example Sentences

Tryin’ times, what the world is talkin’ about / You got confusion all over the land, yeah

"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"

When I write with others, the pauses and manyfold attempts to get at an idea mirror the cadence of a conversation or the tryings of finding a word that evades the tongue. That searching is such a beautiful thing.

In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.

Word Forms

• tryings

Synonyms for trying

Depending on context, synonyms include hard, difficult, disagreeable, stressful, nerve-wracking, nerve-racking.

Related Words

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