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- [trahy-ing]
- /ˈtraɪ ɪŋ/
- /ˈtraɪ.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trahy-ing]
- /ˈtraɪ ɪŋ/
Definitions of trying word
- adjective trying extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience. 1
- verb with object trying to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. 1
- verb with object trying to test the effect or result of (often followed by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. 1
- verb with object trying to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book. 1
- verb with object trying to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it? 1
- verb with object trying Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person). 1
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Origin of trying
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80 for general sense; 1710-20 for current sense; try + -ing2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Trying
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trying popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trying usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trying
adj trying
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- boresome — boring or uninteresting
noun trying
adjective trying
- annoying — Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- draining — Present participle of drain.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
Antonyms for trying
adj trying
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- cursive — of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
- deceivable — capable of being deceived; gullible.
- easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
adjective trying
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- fleeceable — Able to be fleeced.
- humouring — humor.
- wieldy — readily wielded or managed, as in use or action.
Top questions with trying
- how to succeed in business without really trying?
- how to save a marriage when only one is trying?
- clicking sound when trying to start car?
- how to succeed in business without really trying movie?
- peeing after sex when trying to conceive?
- what is god trying to tell me?
- anxiety when trying to sleep?
- what is my dog trying to tell me?
- rapid clicking when trying to start car?
- what to do after sex when trying to conceive?
- foods to avoid when trying to lose weight?
- what to eat when trying to lose weight?
- when economists are trying to explain the world they are?
- how to succeed in business without really trying songs?
- how often should you have sex when trying to conceive?
See also
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