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trying

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try·ing  (trng)
adj.
Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

trying·ly adv.

trying
Adjective
upsetting, difficult, or annoying
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tryingtrying - hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
2.tryingtrying - extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"
disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"

trying
Translations
trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] adjcansado; [person] → pesado
trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] try adjpénible
trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] try adj [person] → schwierig; [experience] → schwer
trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] adj [day, experience] → logorante, pesante; [child] → difficile, insopportabile


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The next day glided away, pleasantly enough, partly in settling myself in my new quarters, and partly in strolling round the neighbourhood, under Arthur's guidance, and trying to form a general idea of Elveston and its inhabitants.
The first thing I can recollect, an old woman had me in a basket at Broadway and Twenty-third trying to sell me to a fat lady.
Often, at night, after spending the day in going from door to door trying to interest persons in the work at Tuskegee, she would be so exhausted that she could not undress herself.
 
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