Synonyms for trying
ˈtraɪ ɪŋtry·ing

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1. trying

   Arduous (Latin arduus, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty aim; great learning can only be won by arduous toil. Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. Anything is hard that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers. Difficult is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called hard rather than difficult; breaking stone on the road would be called hard rather than difficult work; that is difficult which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geometrical problem may be difficult to solve, a tangled skein to unravel; a mountain difficult to ascend. Hard may be active or passive; a thing may be hard to do or hard to bear. Arduous is always active. That which is laborious or toilsome simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accomplished; toilsome is the stronger word. That which is onerous (Latin onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive. Responsibility may be onerous even when it involves no special exertion.

   Synonyms:
   arduous, difficult, exhausting, hard, laborious, onerous, severe, toilsome

   Antonyms:
   easy, facile, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial

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1. tryingadjective

   hard to endure

   "fell upon trying times"

   Synonyms:
   stressful, nerve-racking, nerve-wracking

   Antonyms:
   agreeable, easy

2. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingadjective

   extremely irritating to the nerves

   "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

   Synonyms:
   nerve-racking, stressful, nerve-wracking

   Antonyms:
   easy, agreeable

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1. tryingadjective

   Synonyms:
   severe, painful, afflictive, afflicting, grievous, calamitous, hard, distressing, sad, dire, deplorable, hard to bear

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1. tryingadjective

   Synonyms:
   severe, distressing, hard, irksome, afflictive, ordeal

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1. List of paraphrases for "trying":

   attempting, seeking, tempting, endeavouring, striving

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1. The Bruce:

   I am hopeful that the people in Southern California will see the importance of trying to right this wrong.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   We ought to be trying to unify, he ought to be trying to unify the party behind him, most of us are committed to supporting him and trying to bring the party together, and I think he needs to play his role on all of that as well.

3. Rick Perry on Thursday:

   Too often, we Republicans -- myself included -- have emphasized our message on the Tenth Amendment but not our message on the Fourteenth, for too long, we Republicans have been content to lose the black vote because we found that we could win elections without it. But when we gave up on trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln.

4. Stephen Fagin:

   There's nothing more tantalizing than looking at a flickering a film projected on a wall, trying to find details in the grainy shadows and digging through secret locked files and looking for evidence, looking for some nugget of information that's never been revealed before.

5. Major Brian Foley:

   This is about saving someone’s life, i know some people were upset about their power being cut off, but truly his is about trying to protect an individual and keep them from dying.