• IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

trying

1. Difficult to endure; arduous.
   • 1892, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Case of Identity”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 02541507 ↗, page 59 ↗:

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

2. Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

• French: éprouvant
• Italian: difficile, impegnativo, arduo
• Spanish: desafiador, arduo, riguroso

• Italian: irritante
• Spanish: hostigoso, irritante, molestoso

1. present participle of try#English|try

trying (plural tryings)

1. (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.