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. Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams:

   Whatever they tried to do with the flag, as we were trying to extinguish it and they were trying to keep it away, their pants leg caught on fire, the charge was assault on an officer because the officer tried to put it out when he saw it getting burned, and there were also counter demonstrators who were trying to take it away.

2. Tomiichi Murayama:

   Mr. Abe stresses the dangers in Asia ... and is trying to create an environment for revising the constitution, but the people as a whole will not agree.

3. Barack Obama:

   A more serious effort against ISIS in Syria is long overdue, absent a larger coherent strategy, however, these steps may prove to be too little too late. I do not see a strategy for success, rather it seems the Administration is trying to avoid a disaster while the President runs out the clock.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   This latest behaviors around Ukraine, trying to enlist the President of Ukraine in a plot to undermine former Vice President Biden or lose the military aide he needs to defend against Trump's friend, Vladimir Putin -- if that's not an impeachable offense, I don't know what is.

5. Sean Binder:

   I never for a moment thought that trying to help somebody out at sea would land you in prison, i'm terrified of going back to prison.