All difficult synonyms
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D d adj difficult
- 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.
- complex β Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- confusing β Something that is confusing makes it difficult for people to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- intractable β not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- 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.
adjective difficult
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- tricky β given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- 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.
- testing β the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tiring β Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
- grueling β exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- laboured β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- incomprehensible β impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- impenetrable β not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- stubborn β unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- recalcitrant β resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- unmanageable β that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- awkward β An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.