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Trying

//ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Difficult to endure; arduous.

    ""Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?""

  2. 2
    Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely irritating to the nerves wordnet
  2. 2
    hard to endure wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which one tries something; an attempt.

    "In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of try form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From try + -ing.

Etymology 2

From try + -ing.

Etymology 3

From try + -ing.

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