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trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] adj
upsetting, difficult, or annoying a trying day at the office tryingly adv tryingness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
trying adjective annoying, hard, taxing, difficult, tough, upsetting, irritating, fatiguing, stressful, aggravating (informal), troublesome, exasperating, arduous, tiresome, vexing, irksome, wearisome, bothersome The whole business has been very trying. easy, simple, calming, straightforward, no trouble, painless, undemanding, no bother Translations trying adj → schwierig, anstrengend; work, day, time → anstrengend, aufreibend; experience → schwer; it has been a trying time for them recently → sie haben es in letzter Zeit sehr schwer gehabt; how trying! → wie ärgerlich! trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] adj (tiring, situation, time) → difficile, duro/a; (day, experience) → logorante, pesante; (tiresome, person) → noiso/a, seccante; (child) → insopportabile to have a trying time → passare un periodo difficile trying [ˈtraɪɪŋ] adj (tiring, situation, time) → difficile, duro/a; (day, experience) → logorante, pesante; (tiresome, person) → noiso/a, seccante; (child) → insopportabile to have a trying time → passare un periodo difficile How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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