1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Try.

2. (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.

adverse analytic annoying antagonistic arduous backbreaking besetting bothersome burdensome conflicting contrary counter counteractive crushing cut-and-try demanding detrimental devitalizing difficult dispiriting disquieting distressing draining empirical enervating enfeebling exacting examinational examinatorial examining exasperating exhausting exigent experimental explorational explorative exploratory fact-finding fatiguesome fatiguing feeling frustrating groping grueling hard harmful heavy hefty heuristic hit-or-miss hostile in opposition indagative infuriating inimical inspectional inspectorial investigational investigative investigatory irksome irritating killing maddening miserable not easy onerous opposed opposing opposite oppressive painful pilot plaguey probationary probative probatory proving provisional punishing rigorous rough sapping sinister sticky straining strenuous stressful superincumbent taxing tentative test testing tiresome tiring toilsome tough trial trial-and-error tricksy tricky troublesome troublous unfavorable untoward upsetting verificatory vexatious vexing weakening weariful wearing wearisome wearying weighty worrisome worrying wretched zetetic