try patience

try someone's patience

to strain someone's patience; to bother someone as if testing the person's patience. (Try means test here.) My loud neighbors are trying my patience today. You really try my patience with all your questions!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
NadİR	-	Turkish
Avilius	-	Ancient Roman
Malcom	['mælkəm]
Lili	-	German, French, Hungarian
Fanni	FAHN-nee (Finnish), FAWN-nee (Hungarian)	Finnish, Hungarian
Anah	-	Biblical