Meaning & Definition of Trying in English
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Trying
/traɪɪŋ/
adjective
1. Hard to endure
- "Fell upon trying times"
synonym:
- trying
2. Extremely irritating to the nerves
- "Nerve-racking noise"
- "The stressful days before a war"
- "A trying day at the office"
synonym:
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-wracking,
- stressful,
- trying
Examples of using
The firefighters are trying to put out the flames.
I'm trying to calm her down.
There's a balance between touting the equal merit of everything and being closed-mindedly opinionated, that I'm still trying to find.