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Antonyms for trying

Grammar : Adj
Spell : trahy-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ ɪŋ

Definition of trying

Origin :
  • c.1300, "examine judiciously, sit in judgment of," from Anglo-French trier (late 13c.), from Old French trier "to pick out, cull" (12c.), from Gallo-Romance *triare, of unknown origin. The ground sense is "separate out (the good) by examination." Meaning "to test" is first recorded mid-14c.; that of "attempt to do" is from early 14c. Sense of "to subject to some strain" (of patience, endurance, etc.) is recorded from 1530s. Trying "distressing" is first attested 1718. To try (something) on for size in the figurative sense is recorded from 1956.
  • adj difficult, bothersome
Example sentences :
  • What a glorious double stroke it would be, after all their years of trying.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Another tribe is trying to break into our land," he said to himself.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The gentlemen were smoking, and some of the ladies were trying to look at ease with cigarettes.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • She was trying to extort a promise that she should appear in its pages, which, as we all remember, she did.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • But I tell you, I am trying to find out what the matter is that you need my help in.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • There was no answer to his knock, and by trying the knob he found that she had locked herself in.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And this we are trying to do in negotiations with the Soviet Union.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Evelyn sat silent, trying to realize just what had happened to her.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The winter has been trying; there is rain one day, frost the next.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • It was like trying to storm a medieval fortress with a popgun.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for trying

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