trying
English
/ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Difficult to endure; arduous.
- Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
Etymology
Suffix from English try (extract oil from whale blubber).
Origin
English
try
Gloss
extract oil from whale blubber
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mistry English
- overtry English
- retry English
- triable English
- tried English
- trier English
- triest English
- trieth English
- try English
- try pot English
- tryhard English
- tryingly English
- tryingness English
- tryless English
- tryscorer English
- tryscoring English
- trysquare English
- trywork English
- トライ Japanese
- trien Middle English
- tray Malay
- טרײַען Yiddish
- traim Tok Pisin