Grim and Trying

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Grim adjective - Difficult to endure.

Usage example: this winter is supposed to be particularly grim, so stock up on firewood

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Trying and grim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Grim".

Nearby Words: grimy, grimly, grimed

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

Usage example: a harrowing account of the trying conditions experienced by the hostages prior to their release

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Grim and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grim" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

When Figaro insists that he isn't dead, the Grim Reaper follows him around, trying to get Figaro killed so he can do his job.

Source: The Grim Reaper
Ed Brubaker's transformation of Bucky into a grim and gritty Anti-Hero is utterly mocked in one installment, complete with Nick Fury trying (and failing) to teach Bucky to be a badass.

Source: Comic Strip / Twisted Toyfare Theatre
Grim Fandango: Domino Hurley is what the protagonist Manny would be if he had no morals, and he spends a lot of the game trying to encourage Manny to be more like him.

Source: Jacob Marley Warning

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