Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trying someone's patience

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
try-ing -some-one's -pa-tience
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of try someone's patience

Questions

What does trying someone's patience mean?
present participle and gerund of try someone's patience

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