trying
Hard to endure
Trying describes something that tests your patience, endurance, or composure.
A trying day is exhausting and difficult to get through.
A trying person wears on your nerves.
These have been trying times for everyone.
The word captures the sense of being stretched or strained by circumstances.
Purposeful sustained attempt
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- stabPierce with point
- shotQuick liquor serving
- crackNarrow break or attempt
bid · venture · undertaking · pursuit · struggle · essay · foray · fling
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
grit · determination · steadfastness · persistence · toughness · patience · resolve · staying power
Demanding strenuous effort
- demandingRequiring great effort
- taxingRequiring great effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
laborious · onerous · burdensome · daunting · formidable · rigorous · exacting · testing
Intensely irritating
- testingExamining to evaluate
- strainingExerting intense effort
- wearingHaving clothing on
- frayingComing apart threadwise
taxing · stretching · challenging · frustrating · wearying · draining · sapping · exhausting
Causing mild frustration
- frustratingCausing irritation, blocking progress
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
- vexingCausing mild torment
bothersome · irksome · galling · maddening · infuriating · nettlesome · troublesome · tiresome
State of great distress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- testEvaluative examination
struggle · difficulty · challenge · burden · affliction · strain · stress · trauma
Earnest sustained endeavor
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- laboringWorking strenuously
- workingIn active function
persevering · endeavoring · exerting · pushing · grinding · sweating · slogging · plugging
endeavor
Purposeful sustained attempt
crack · bid · venture · undertaking · pursuit · struggle · essay · foray · fling · bash
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
fortitude · grit · determination · steadfastness · persistence · toughness · patience · resolve · staying power · doggedness
arduous
Demanding strenuous effort
grueling · laborious · onerous · burdensome · daunting · formidable · rigorous · exacting · testing · tough
exasperating
Intensely irritating
fraying · taxing · stretching · challenging · frustrating · wearying · draining · sapping · exhausting · tiring
irritating
Causing mild frustration
- frustratingCausing irritation, blocking progress
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
vexing · bothersome · irksome · galling · maddening · infuriating · nettlesome · troublesome · tiresome · wearisome
tribulation
State of great distress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
test · struggle · difficulty · challenge · burden · affliction · strain · stress · trauma · anguish
striving
Earnest sustained endeavor
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- laboringWorking strenuously
working · persevering · endeavoring · exerting · pushing · grinding · sweating · slogging · plugging · pressing
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- effortsstriving, endeavoring, struggling, pushing, working
- partial actionsstarting, beginning, attempting, sampling, tasting
- exhaustingdraining, taxing, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing
- irritatingannoying, aggravating, bothersome, exasperating, frustrating
- challengeschallenge, difficult, hard, challenging, tough
tryingeasy
Requiring minimal effort
effortless · simple · undemanding · straightforward · facile
tryingrelaxing
Becoming less tense
restful · calming · soothing · reposeful · refreshing
tryingpleasant
Giving enjoyment or comfort
agreeable · enjoyable · accommodating · delightful · comfortable
- keep tryingContinue making attempts
- trying outTesting before committing
- trying onTesting garments for size
- stop tryingCease making attempts
- trying one's luckAttempting despite uncertain odds
- trying to say