trying

  • 31trying to escape —    see shot while trying to escape …

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  • 32trying — adjective a) Difficult to endure; arduous. b) Irritating, stressful or bothersome …

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  • 33trying — Synonyms and related words: adverse, analytic, annoying, antagonistic, arduous, backbreaking, besetting, bothersome, burdensome, conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, crushing, cut and try, demanding, detrimental, devitalizing, difficult …

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  • 34trying — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dull, wearisome, boring; annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. troublesome, bothersome, irritating, tiring; see difficult 1 , 2 , severe 2 . III… …

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  • 35trying — try·ing || traɪɪŋ adj. difficult to endure; annoying n. attempting; testing, experimenting; examination, determination of guilt or innocence, putting on trial (Law); subjecting to strain; act of separating through heating, refining (Archaic)… …

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  • 36trying — a. 1. Irksome, wearisome, tiresome, fatiguing, difficult, hard. 2. Severe, painful, afflictive, afflicting, grievous, calamitous, hard, distressing, sad, dire, deplorable, hard to bear …

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  • 37trying — adj 1. annoying, irksome, bothersome, troublesome, troubling, fretful, worrisome; irritating, aggravating, disquieting, exacerbating; disturbing, perturbing, vexing; nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable; maddening, infuriating, frustrating. 2.… …

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  • 38trying — try•ing [[t]ˈtraɪ ɪŋ[/t]] adj. straining one s patience and goodwill; annoying, difficult, or irritating • Etymology: 1710–20 try′ing•ly, adv. try′ing•ness, n …

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  • 39trying — /ˈtraɪɪŋ / (say truying) adjective annoying; distressing; irritating; testing one s patience. {try + ing2} –tryingly, adverb –tryingness, noun …

  • 40trying — adj. annoying, vexatious; hard to endure. Derivatives: tryingly adv …

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