[ adjective ]
■ extremely irritating to the nerves
e.g.)
・nerve-racking noise
・the stressful days before a war
・a trying day at the office
→
nerve-racking
,
nerve-wracking
,
stressful
,
trying
[ adjective ]
■ marked by strong resentment or cynicism
e.g.)
・an acrimonious dispute
・bitter about the divorce
→
acrimonious
,
bitter
[ adjective ]
■ hard to endure
e.g.)
・fell upon trying times
→
trying
[ adjective ]
■ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
■ especially physical effort
e.g.)
・worked their arduous way up the mining valley
・a grueling campaign
・hard labor
・heavy work
・heavy going
・spent many laborious hours on the project
・set a punishing pace
→
arduous
,
backbreaking
,
grueling
,
gruelling
,
hard
,
heavy
,
laborious
,
operose
,
punishing
,
toilsome
[ adjective ]
■ unfortunate or hard to bear
e.g.)
・had hard luck
・a tough break
→
hard
,
tough
[ adjective ]
■ expressive of severe grief or regret
e.g.)
・shed bitter tears
→
bitter
[ adjective ]
■ causing physical or psychological pain
e.g.)
・worked with painful slowness
→
painful
[ adjective ]
■ causing misery or pain or distress
e.g.)
・it was a sore trial to him
・the painful process of growing up
→
afflictive
,
painful
,
sore
[ adjective ]
■ very difficult to accept or bear
e.g.)
・the bitter truth
・a bitter sorrow
→
bitter
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