trying

Examples

• All

• After a week of trying work schedules, she finally managed to find a balance.

• It was a very trying year, ladies.

  High School Musical 2 (2007)

• This is beautiful, but this is trying so hard.

• This is times when it was really trying on me or testing me.

  Big Think

• It's a cream, OK, Trying not to do too much.

• It had been a very trying day for international cooperation.

  Academic text (2004)

• It's a laptop that's not trying to not be a laptop.

• Additionally, while these meetings help individuals understand the disease of drug and alcohol addiction to help and support someone they care about, they also assist friends and family with their own emotional support during what is most often an incredibly trying and stressful time.

  Blog text (11)

• As this can be a very trying and traumatic time for children, this book helps point out that Grandma isn't gone forever, she's just sort of relocated without her body.

  High Strung (1992)

• It has been a very trying period for everyone involved due to the ongoing challenges.

Synonyms

H

hard

vstrying

∞ 1.1

Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe

also emphasizes being annoying or difficult to endure, not just severe tasks

D

difficult

vstrying

∞ 1.6

Not easy to do or understand

adds the idea of causing irritation or strain to that same effort

T

tough

vstrying

∞ 2.6

Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort

adds a sense of irritation and strain beyond mere difficulty

F

frustrating

vstrying

256 3.0

Making you feel annoyed or disappointed because it stops you getting what you want

describes general difficulty and irritation rather than only blocked progress

T

tricky

vstrying

214 3.9

Difficult to do because it has hidden problems

emphasizes enduring annoyance or strain instead of subtle or hidden difficulty

S

stressful

vstrying

167 2.8

Making you feel very worried or nervous

tends to highlight irritation and hard endurance rather than only pressure

I

irritating

vstrying

80 2.9

Making someone feel annoyed or impatient

tends to stress strain and enduring difficulty rather than slight annoyance

T

troublesome

vstrying

49 3.9

Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with

emphasizes personal strain and endurance more than external worry

A

arduous

vstrying

29 7.7

Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time

is more about immediate irritation and strain rather than long slow toil

M

maddening

vstrying

22 5.3

Very annoying and hard to bear

is less extreme suggesting difficulty or irritation without strong fury

N

nerve-racking

vstrying

• Informal

20 5.0

Makes you feel very worried and tense

leans more toward irritation and difficulty to bear than focused anxiety

N

nerve-wracking

vstrying

• Informal

18 6.1

Causes a lot of worry and stress

is closer to general annoyance and endurance rather than intense distress

E

exasperating

vstrying

6 6.1

Making you feel very annoyed and frustrated

is more general meaning hard to endure or causing strain instead

I

irksome

vstrying

6 7.4

Making you feel annoyed or bored

is more about hard endurance and strain rather than mere tedium

T

tough going

vstrying

• Informal

4 5.3

A situation or task that is hard to do

focuses more on personal irritation and endurance than situational difficulty

E

effortful

vstrying

1 6.9

Needing a lot of physical or mental work

stresses irritation and strain more than simple physical or mental effort

S

straining

vstrying

1 5.0

Needing a lot of effort and making you very tired

is more about being annoying or hard to endure than pure exertion

D

demanding

vstrying

4.1

Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention

adds a sense of irritation and endurance beyond mere requirements

Antonyms

E

easy

∞ 1.0

Not hard to do, understand, or achieve

P

pleasant

314 1.0

Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment

Compounds

T

trying on

18 1.6

Putting on clothes to see if they fit or suit you

How Difficult

unbearable

89 3.9

exhausting

92 3.2

taxing

5 6.8

trying

1 5.1

troublesome

49 3.9

annoying

392 1.0

bothersome

14 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology