Synonyms of trying

1 Syllable

hard, tough, tight, rough

2 Syllables

pricklier, grueling, troublous, painful, briery, crabbier, mumpish, upstream, taxing, hard-won, contest, nagging, tricky, strenuous, vexing, crabby, annoying, carking, arduous, stressful, chuffier, smarting, weighty, chuffy, dragger, plaguy, sticky, brambly, ticklish, prickly

3 Syllables

demanding, torturous, disturbing, backbreaker, perturbing, effortful, irksome, difficult, severe, maddening, fatiguing, onerous, pestilent, unsettling, upsetting, vexatious, exigent, exacting

4 Syllables

infestive, oppressive, wearisome, boresome, worrisome, difficile, burdensome, irritating, troublesome, aggravating, tiresome, nettlesome, echinated

5 Syllables

enervative, exasperating, unamenable, provocative