All difficile synonyms
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D d adj difficile
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- troublesome β causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- crucial β If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- tough β strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- problematic β of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- arduous β Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- onerous β burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- demanding β A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- strenuous β characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- ambitious β Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- burdensome β If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- laborious β requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- painful β affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- challenging β A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- complicated β If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- serious β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- rough β having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- gargantuan β gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.
- herculean β requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- bothersome β Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- formidable β causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- galling β that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- immense β vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
- intricate β having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- irritating β causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- labored β of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
- operose β industrious, as a person.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- prohibitive β serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- rigid β stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- stiff β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- titanic β (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
- toilsome β characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- trying β extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience.
- unyielding β unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- uphill β up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance.
- wearisome β causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
- effortful β marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- backbreaker β a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- easier said than done β difficult to do
- no picnic β a hard or disagreeable task
- upstream β toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- backbreaking β demanding great effort; exhausting
- distressing β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- grinding β to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- hairy β covered with hair; having much hair.
adjective difficile
- laboured β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.