trying

(trī'ĭng)
adj.
Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

tryingly try'ing·ly adv.

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adjective

Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, weighty. See heavy/light.

adj

Definition: difficult, bothersome
Antonyms: easy, facile, mild, moderate, unstressful

IN BRIEF: Very irritating and hard to put up with.

These are trying times.

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Quotes:

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams

"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying." - Francis Bacon

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try." - Mrs. Cunningham

"There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas A. Edison

"Somehow the people who do as they please seem to get along just about as well as those who are always trying to please others." - Robert C. Edwards

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For a list of words related to trying, see:

• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - trættende, vanskelig, anstrengende, pinlig, ubehagelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermoeiend, lastig

Français (French)
adj. - pénible, éprouvant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - versuchend, schwierig, anstrengend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δύσκολος, κοπιαστικός, κουραστικός, σκληρός, επίπονος

Italiano (Italian)
difficile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - duro (m), difícil, doloroso (m), penoso (m), exasperante

Русский (Russian)
утомительный, раздражающий, несносный, трудный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - poner a prueba, molesto, penoso, difícil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ansträngande, påfrestande, krävande, pressande besvärlig, tålamodsprövande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
难受的, 令人厌烦的, 费劲的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 難受的, 令人厭煩的, 費勁的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 괴로운, 쓰라린, 화나는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ひどく骨の折れる, 腹立たしい, 試しの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفقد القدرة على ألأحتمال, شاق, مرهق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קשה, מרגיז, מלאה, מאמץ, מנסה‬

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