Stimulating
Stimulating adjective - Causing great emotional or mental stimulation.
Trying and stimulating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Stimulating".
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Stimulating and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stimulating" instead an adjective "Trying".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In "A Christmas Carol" when the Doctor's trying to explain why the flying fish like Abigail's singing, he begins to talk about stimulating ice crystals, during which a fish bites him.
Source: Creator / Steven Moffat - On a Christmas Episode, Frasier spends the whole time trying to find awesome, intellectual gifts for his son, only to find out at the end that what his son wants is the trendy robot Frasier had derided for not being "stimulating" enough.
Source: Gift-Giving Gaffe
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Trying and Stimulating. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stimulating/trying
Stimulating & Trying. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stimulating/trying>.
Trying or Stimulating. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stimulating/trying.
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