All trying synonyms
tryΒ·ing
T t noun trying
adjective trying
- worrisome β worrying, annoying, or disturbing; causing worry: a worrisome problem.
- yawner β a person who yawns.
- irksome β annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome: irksome restrictions.
- wearing β gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- wearisome β causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- infestive β Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- mumpish β Sullen or sulky.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- nettlesome β causing irritation, vexation, or annoyance: to cope with a nettlesome situation.
- cursed β If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- wearying β Causing tiredness; tiring.
- fiendish β diabolically cruel and wicked.
- nowhere β in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- frustrating β to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- exacting β Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- enervative β Causing enervation.
- effortful β marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- embarrassing β Causing embarrassment.
- annoying β Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- draining β Present participle of drain.
- challenging β A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
adj trying
- chuffy β boorish and surly
- by the book β according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- backbreaker β a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- dragger β any of various small motor trawlers operating off the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- demanding β A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- irritating β causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- crabby β Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- difficile β hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- awkward β An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- arduous β Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- burdensome β If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- brambly β having or resembling brambles.
- maddening β driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- boresome β boring or uninteresting
- carking β distressful.
- ho-hum β dull, boring, or routine; so-so: a ho-hum performance.
- grueling β exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- painful β affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- easier said than done β difficult to do
- nagging β continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
- disturbing β upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.