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Requiring great effort or exertion
Hard to comprehend mentally
Not easy to please or satisfy
Stubborn, or inclined to do the opposite of what is expected or demanded
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
Disobedient in nature
Inopportune or inconvenient
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature
(
of a literary work
)
Overly serious or difficult
Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked
Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling
Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations
Having a muddy or sticky consistency
Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind
Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
Of considerable importance or seriousness
Squeezed or confined
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Adjective
▲
Requiring great effort or exertion
arduous
challenging
demanding
hard
excruciating
grueling
US
harsh
rigorous
strenuous
testing
tough
backbreaking
daunting
exacting
exhausting
fatiguing
gruelling
UK
laborious
onerous
punishing
taxing
tortuous
trying
backbreaker
bruising
burdensome
debilitating
draining
insufferable
painstaking
ponderous
rough
tiring
torturous
unforgiving
wearisome
wearying
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
back-breaking
brutal
formidable
harrowing
hellish
immense
intense
intimidating
severe
tiresome
troublesome
unbearable
unremitting
uphill
upstream
bothersome
crushing
cumbersome
depleting
distressing
fierce
galling
gargantuan
grievous
grinding
hairy
herculean
Herculean
jarring
labored
US
laboured
UK
ominous
operose
oppressive
painful
problematic
sapping
shattering
titanic
toilsome
unpleasant
vigorous
weighty
worksome
ambitious
distressful
effortful
energy-consuming
ferocious
forbidding
grim
hard-won
heavy
intolerable
merciless
no picnic
not easy
prohibitive
savage
solemn
tedious
toilful
unyielding
wearing
colossal
cruel
difficile
easier said than done
gigantic
mighty
thorny
tough going
unnerving
vicious
almighty
awful
crippling
discomforting
knackering
moiling
nerve-racking
problem
really hard
staggering
stressful
tormenting
troubling
uncomfortable
unsparing
uphill battle
very hard
drudgy
extreme
killer
scabrous
slavish
sticky
torturesome
unendurable
dicey
hazardous
high-impact
high-pressure
impossible
marathon
rugged
serious
sweaty
tall
killing
like getting blood out of a stone
tricky
awkward
murderous
stiff
knotty
delicate
hellacious
ticklish
prickly
sensitive
irksome
problematical
dodgy
touchy
Augean
vexatious
disturbing
pick-and-shovel
exigent
nasty
worrying
catchy
tricksy
worrisome
upsetting
spiny
complicated
precarious
intricate
complex
uncertain
unsettling
dangerous
stringent
disagreeable
involved
inconvenient
irritating
perplexing
vexing
annoying
disquieting
enervating
fraught
chancy
risky
exasperating
controversial
traumatic
frustrating
harassing
concerning
critical
agitating
aggravating
perilous
uneasy
bitter
grave
tense
embarrassing
nettlesome
perturbing
iffy
baffling
convoluted
unstable
persnickety
niggling
alarming
relentless
maddening
nagging
disconcerting
gnarly
dire
puzzling
discomposing
wicked
carking
anxious
unsafe
pestilent
menacing
rankling
troubled
creepy
unsteady
threatening
strained
pesky
enervative
abrasive
riling
bleak
harrying
peeving
dismaying
chafing
nettling
plaguy
pestiferous
provoking
pestilential
parlous
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
restless
discommoding
austere
rocky
unpredictable
touch-and-go
volatile
treacherous
infernal
infuriating
nerve-wracking
insecure
unsound
loaded
tight
confounded
vexed
emotive
inhuman
incommodious
searing
hostile
hardhanded
cussed
nervous
anxious-making
discouraging
hefty
troublous
pressured
spartan
dark
displeasing
nail-biting
unrelenting
mean
terrible
dubious
fraught with danger
scary
grating
unwelcome
unsure
strict
jeopardizing
US
unhealthy
terrifying
tortured
unreasonable
unpleasing
shaky
jeopardising
UK
fiddly
monumental
excessive
elaborate
pressing
unmanageable
depressing
impressive
capricious
weary
vulnerable
charged
boring
bad
wretched
exposed
teasing
hectic
antagonizing
US
desperate
major
offensive
enraging
venturesome
antagonising
UK
dynamite
intensive
sophisticated
immoderate
embarrassed
sombre
UK
somber
US
steep
embittering
massive
contentious
Sisyphean
bold
mystifying
nice
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
at risk
unhandy
grandiose
intractable
dreadful
profound
searching
superincumbent
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
fickle
variable
daring
frightening
aggressive
humiliating
imperious
clumsy
objectionable
drastic
extravagant
ungainly
lofty
irking
dour
inexorable
sinister
intrusive
compromising
inhospitable
thorough
clunky
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
confronting
provocative
afflicting
cringey
time-consuming
disruptive
energetic
flustering
cringeworthy
gut-wrenching
doubtful
cumbrous
bedevilling
UK
unwieldy
discomfiting
cranky
drudging
bunglesome
sober
comfortless
unamusing
full of problems
punchable
uncongenial
large-scale
disastrous
cringe-making
consequential
hard-hitting
beset by problems
in danger
a stinker of a
bedeviling
US
up and down
high-risk
ugly
in jeopardy
on thin ice
playing with fire
Russian roulette
anxiety-ridden
physical
huge
exorbitant
unfair
prodigious
thoroughgoing
stretching
prostrating
paradoxical
racking
withering
contrived
artificial
leaden
unfathomable
impenetrable
abstruse
chastening
subtle
tender
overwhelming
heartrending
catch-22
unrelaxing
murder
messy
mammoth
shocking
powerful
punitive
hurtful
heartbreaking
heart-rending
bemusing
hardworking
heated
character-building
unjust
busy
overtaxing
overpowering
unrelaxed
penetrating
edgy
work-intensive
large order
heavy sledding
kittle
divisive
scandalous
bewildering
incomprehensible
confounding
unsettled
eventful
straitened
stern
forceful
heroic
courageous
forced
dogged
fiendish
slow
panicky
uncharitable
unkind
repugnant
devilish
like herding cats
stilted
ungracious
overburdening
lamentable
deplorable
no piece of cake
calamitous
biting
radical
extensive
hair-trigger
undependable
exerting
despotic
domineering
afflicted
devil of a
harmful
checkered
US
tendentious
chequered
UK
disappointing
unchancy
erratic
fluctuant
flakey
US
mangy
leprous
hot
impractical
demeaning
degrading
jeopardous
lethal
haphazard
lively
ghastly
foul
horrible
rotten
horrid
vile
soul-sucking
very difficult
festering
antipathetic
incalculable
trouble
emotionally draining
high-energy
a nuisance
lumbersome
an imposition
tickly
kid-glove
appalling
atrocious
frightful
horrendous
abominable
untimely
discountenancing
slippery
audacious
startling
meaningful
pregnant
unsatisfying
unattractive
exciting
dolorous
bumpy
foreboding
considerable
significant
life-threatening
acute
built on sand
industrious
advanced
shameful
cliffhanging
dramatic
itchy
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
gloomy
explosive
a devil
sobering
big
peracute
toe-curling
grand
intrepid
unrealistic
grotty
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
pessimistic
uncompromising
hard to use
complete
sweeping
revolutionary
impeding
prophetic
pretentious
visionary
irreducible
knife-edge
coarse
scaly
thought-provoking
improbable
ballsy
brash
idealistic
unfeasible
white-knuckle
lousy
beastly
magnificent
hard-line
hard-nosed
heavy-handed
fanciful
unreal
unlikely
from hell
harrasive
deep
reflective
far-fetched
flaky
UK
ungovernable
recalcitrant
insupportable
perverse
wayward
difficult to achieve
thoughtful
confrontational
a bummer of a
bulky
improper
unacceptable
egregious
insightful
unmanoeuvrable
hulking
death-defying
beyond bearing
not to be borne
lumbering
encumbering
uncontrollable
gross
more ❯
“He prepared himself for the
difficult
task of running the marathon.”
Adjective
▲
Hard to comprehend mentally
complex
complicated
hard
confusing
puzzling
tricky
baffling
bewildering
confounding
convoluted
incomprehensible
intricate
mystifying
perplexing
abstract
elaborate
impenetrable
involved
obscure
unclear
unfathomable
unintelligible
deep
detailed
inexplicable
knotty
labyrinthine
mind-bending
mind-boggling
problematical
profound
recondite
sophisticated
troublesome
undecipherable
abstruse
entangled
esoteric
fancy
fathomless
inscrutable
mysterious
mystical
paradoxical
rambling
tangled
thorny
thought-provoking
vexing
beyond comprehension
beyond one's grasp
full of twists and turns
hard to explain
hard to solve
opaque
above your head
enigmatic
fiddly
gnarly
involute
involuted
over one's head
enigmatical
advanced
byzantine
cryptic
difficult to understand
unsolvable
ambiguous
hazy
arcane
tortuous
labyrinthian
Byzantine
unaccountable
dark
hidden
baroque
daedal
occult
complicate
Gordian
confused
wildering
mystic
insoluble
murky
Delphic
tough
insolvable
problematic
secret
concealed
serpentine
heavy
unknowable
challenging
cabalistic
sibylline
Daedalian
awkward
dense
beyond one
uncanny
unanswerable
rarefied
cabbalistic
hermetic
hermetical
unexplainable
jumbled
mazy
equivocal
devious
strange
interlaced
elliptical
little known
elliptic
odd
weird
peculiar
oracular
oblique
taxing
double-edged
hard to understand
disconcerting
weighty
serious
funny
worrying
spiny
vague
ramified
befuddling
inextricable
indecipherable
twisted
nebulous
orphic
acroamatic
winding
misleading
muddled
fuliginous
sphinxlike
maze-like
cumbersome
circuitous
drawn-out
unexplained
impossible to understand
long-drawn-out
high-tech
mixed up
knotted
mixed
recherché
as clear as mud
clear as mud
unsolved
bamboozling
surprising
Daedalean
hard to follow
inaccessible
hi-tech
chaotic
metaphysical
hairy
intense
finicky
messy
formidable
subtle
untold
arduous
curious
little-known
out-of-the-way
cerebral
intellectual
ticklish
bizarre
elite
demanding
beyond understanding
undiscoverable
Greek to me
secretive
contradictory
inconsistent
perplexed
beyond you
full of surprises
insuperable
unattainable
impossible
hopeless
unrealizable
undoable
clear as dishwater
queer
mysterial
ineffable
unresolvable
muddling
private
unnatural
inner
magical
between the lines
erudite
veiled
high-level
higher-level
stealthy
unknown
blurring
unsettling
disorienting
ravelled
UK
sinuous
incognizable
ornate
cagey
subjective
indirect
roundabout
ungraspable
unexcogitable
muddlesome
mistakable
multifaceted
multifarious
variegated
rococo
heterogeneous
nuanced
indiscernible
irresolvable
without a solution
unresolved
unable to be solved
unconcluded
plotty
top-level
raveled
US
uncertain
indefinite
long-winded
indistinct
dubious
doubtful
indeterminate
can of worms
foggy
tenebrous
unstraightforward
obfuscated
amphibological
overlong
verbose
deceptive
lengthy
cunning
perverse
difficult to follow
riddling
inconclusive
debatable
inexplicit
questionable
inconceivable
ambivalent
imprecise
unsettled
unusual
inexact
illogical
open
elusive
coded
indecisive
two-edged
out of the ordinary
amazing
stupefying
arguable
gnomic
open to debate
open to argument
borderline
unbelievable
improbable
absurd
shadowy
unexpected
quaint
blurred
clandestine
unimaginable
clouded
many-faceted
apocryphal
evasive
Delphian
preposterous
dumfounding
equivocating
fuzzy
up in the air
open to question
stunning
astonishing
eye-popping
staggering
unintuitive
astounding
hinky
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
multivocal
shrouded
cloaked
mazelike
cryptical
bemusing
teasing
covert
stumping
stickling
uninterpretable
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
labyrinthal
dumbfounding
undecided
periphrastic
prevaricating
circumlocutory
suspicious
technical
illegible
incredible
blurry
duplicitous
far-out
extraordinary
unrelatable
Greek
conflicting
really hard
very hard
ridiculous
not easily understood
unexplicit
muzzy
shifty
disreputable
gray
US
grey
UK
settling nothing
proving nothing
ludicrous
wild
all Greek to someone
double Dutch
beats me
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
manifold
disarranged
disorganized
US
all Greek to you
hard to swallow
varied
disordered
unheard of
unsure
disorganised
UK
kaleidoscopic
thorough
particularized
US
painstaking
extensive
full
particular
studied
laboured
UK
perfected
careful
minute
exact
precise
unpredictable
unforeseeable
indistinguishable
speculative
incalculable
undetermined
undefined
labored
US
circumstantial
skilful
UK
imposing
skillful
US
prodigious
gingerbread
iffy
overdone
overworked
particularised
UK
refined
dicey
intangible
dodgy
fanciful
eerie
far-fetched
high tech
blow-by-blow
highly wrought
unlikely
freaky
in the balance
outlandish
spooky
freakish
in doubt
ill-defined
unforeseen
unthinkable
flustering
overwhelming
whimsical
unannounced
portentous
unanticipated
discomfiting
jarring
unwonted
nonplussing
uncommon
jolting
shattering
unordinary
nonplusing
dismaying
upsetting
conspicuous
more ❯
“Bobby had to give up on the Sudoku puzzle as it was too
difficult
.”
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
fussy
picky
particular
choosy
demanding
finicky
fastidious
critical
finical
perfectionist
inflexible
uncompromising
rigorous
intractable
obstinate
tough
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
disapproving
strict
unreasonable
cavilling
UK
hard
harsh
imperious
nagging
overexacting
querulous
stringent
unbending
obdurate
hypercritical
caviling
US
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
hardheaded
overcritical
overscrupulous
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
grim
unrelenting
boorish
rigid
immovable
inexorable
irascible
pitiless
resolute
unyielding
captious
dogmatic
oppressive
prickly
chippy
crotchety
disputatious
disputative
ornery
hard to please
over-particular
high-maintenance
fault-finding
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
exacting
pernickety
choosey
fussbudgety
overnice
dainty
persnickety
old-maidish
punctilious
finicking
delicate
nice
squeamish
nit-picking
nit-picky
discriminating
faddy
nitpicking
scrupulous
careful
pedantic
stickling
pass-remarkable
faddish
painstaking
selective
exact
carping
overparticular
hairsplitting
meticulous
assiduous
hair-splitting
firm
prissy
obsessive
fretful
difficult to please
fuddy-duddy
fussbudget
over-fastidious
trying
discerning
tricky
clamorous
tiresome
judgmental
judgemental
overprecise
fiddly
fine
detailed
troublesome
insistent
exigent
unmanageable
fractious
unsparing
stubborn
quibbling
needy
possessive
demeaning
censorious
serious
cynical
heedful
conscionable
overfastidious
precious
punctual
picky-picky
old maidish
old womanish
precise
refined
overdelicate
sedulous
queasy
thorough
impossible to please
very careful
easily disgusted
entreating
niggling
rejective
pushy
persistent
earnest
determined
solicitous
pressing
harassing
overeager
tenacious
dogged
aggressive
clamant
pettifogging
severe
negative
exceptive
sarcastic
imperative
unremitting
continuous
crying
incessant
repeated
criticizing
US
nitpicky
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
petty
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
criticising
UK
very critical
pleading
beseeching
intense
begging
condemning
persuasive
reproachful
contemptuous
stern
urgent
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
judgy
derogatory
scolding
critic
humbling
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
suppliant
annoying
overly solicitous
high-pressure
more ❯
“She quit her job because her boss had a penchant for being
difficult
.”
Adjective
▲
Stubborn, or inclined to do the opposite of what is expected or demanded
stubborn
recalcitrant
wilful
willful
intractable
obstinate
refractory
contrary
headstrong
obdurate
unreasonable
mulish
intransigent
pertinacious
opinionated
disobliging
stroppy
pigheaded
unmanageable
froward
cantankerous
hardheaded
troublesome
steadfast
argumentative
obstreperous
quarrelsome
contrarious
trying
indomitable
opinionative
unpredictable
fractious
querulous
feisty
fiendish
ungracious
stiff-necked
bull-headed
hard-nosed
strong-minded
single-minded
wrong-headed
hard to handle
pig-headed
set in one's ways
unbending
unyielding
uncompromising
adamant
implacable
perverse
immovable
inflexible
dogged
determined
contumacious
unrelenting
hardened
ossified
pat
adamantine
hard
inconvincible
bullheaded
self-willed
bloody-minded
stubborn as a mule
self-opinionated
deaf to reason
cussed
unpersuadable
uncooperative
wayward
disobedient
ungovernable
insubordinate
firm
rigid
persistent
tenacious
defiant
relentless
bolshie
cross-grained
dead set on
stiff
unmalleable
unshakable
steely
unflinching
unbendable
resolved
unshakeable
persevering
uncompliant
unalterable
inexorable
dogmatic
unmoved
unbreakable
fixed
indurate
heady
convinced
with one's toes dug in
locked in
remorseless
with one's feet dug in
iron-willed
strong-willed
more ❯
“Juliet had been a
difficult
child all along. Her adoptive parents found it hard to manage her.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
grim
hostile
adverse
tough
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unfortunate
austere
dire
harsh
bad
bleak
cheerless
dark
dour
hard
injurious
negative
oppressive
perilous
awful
depressing
desolate
disagreeable
discouraging
disheartening
distressing
exacting
exigent
forbidding
foreboding
gloomy
harrowing
inauspicious
inhospitable
miserable
ominous
severe
solemn
somber
US
sombre
UK
terrible
unwelcome
worrying
bitter
black
comfortless
direful
discommodious
dismal
doleful
dreadful
glum
gray
US
grey
UK
hopeless
joyless
morose
objectionable
troublesome
unpleasant
chilling
hard-pressed
ill-boding
ill-fated
morbid
mournful
nightmarish
sad
shadowy
sinister
unfriendly
very bad
ill-omened
lurid
parlous
straitened
threatening
unpropitious
apocalyptic
messy
rocky
strained
tortured
treacherous
troubled
dangerous
disturbing
doubtful
full of hardship
grave
harmful
jeopardous
precarious
pressing
upsetting
woeful
undesirable
grievous
wretched
cataclysmic
calamitous
tragic
catastrophic
disastrous
lamentable
deplorable
heinous
sorrowful
blue
sorry
rough
brutal
rugged
trying
onerous
burdensome
heavy
excruciating
taxing
cruel
stiff
inhuman
horrible
horrendous
horrifying
weighty
stressful
searing
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
troubling
hefty
foul
poor
execrable
horrid
rotten
unpalatable
fraught
abominable
torturous
galling
unsettling
horrific
hellacious
appalling
disconcerting
atrocious
rough going
serious
sober
earnest
staid
sedate
stern
humourless
UK
portentous
key
downbeat
cold sober
quiet
humorless
US
underlined
uncomic
dreary
sullen
funereal
uninviting
pessimistic
melancholy
lugubrious
despairing
disadvantageous
drab
despondent
cynical
depressed
unhappy
disconsolate
godforsaken
fatalistic
defeatist
cold
saturnine
drear
gloom-ridden
elegiac
depressive
elegiacal
sepulchral
menacing
dreich
unpromising
dispiriting
dejected
alarmist
off-putting
frightening
forlorn
murky
tenebrous
tenebrific
darkening
plutonian
demoralized
US
chill
stark
dim
lonesome
sunless
infelicitous
daunting
fierce
lonely
distrustful
suspicious
doubting
unenthusiastic
chilly
cloudy
demoralised
UK
unwelcoming
Cimmerian
Eeyorish
anguished
doomed
baleful
jinxed
cursed
untimely
downhearted
dubious
unhopeful
discouraged
unlucky
inopportune
fearsome
intimidating
uncomfortable
resigned
bearish
jarring
ferocious
ghastly
untoward
creepy
pained
stony
unapproachable
offensive
odious
repellent
abhorrent
glowering
repulsive
ugly
mirthless
dingy
sorrowing
broken-hearted
grieving
heartbroken
grief-stricken
mourning
devastated
down
distressed
inconsolable
downcast
misanthropic
crestfallen
dolorous
worried
unsuited
God-awful
abject
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
given to looking on the black side
inconvenient
woebegone
frightful
unhospitable
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
nasty
unseasonable
low-spirited
ill-suited
terrifying
disquieting
long-faced
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
hair-raising
regrettable
luckless
bodeful
afflicted
sinistrous
baneful
forsaken
awkward
destitute
unprosperous
ruinous
hapless
in a bad way
ill-starred
out of luck
more ❯
“We are living through a
difficult
economic climate where unemployment is high.”
Adjective
▲
Disobedient in nature
disobedient
defiant
dysfunctional
rebellious
delinquent
badly behaved
ill-disciplined
mischievous
naughty
undisciplined
unruly
wayward
bad
badly-behaved
impudent
insolent
misbehaving
petulant
problematic
pugnacious
whiny
aggressive
bellicose
belligerent
cantankerous
combative
confrontational
contumacious
disorderly
disruptive
errant
erratic
rascally
recalcitrant
stubborn
trying
uncontrollable
uncooperative
argumentative
disturbed
exasperating
fierce
hostile
hot-tempered
ill-behaved
incorrigible
maladjusted
rough
rowdy
rude
scrappy
socially impaired
truculent
wilful
willful
bold
demanding
devilish
indocile
insubordinate
loudmouthed
malicious
mean
nasty
pesky
roguish
self-willed
tiresome
uncompliant
uncontainable
undisciplinable
unmanageable
unrestrainable
wearisome
irksome
peevish
sullen
troublous
“Charlie was a
difficult
child who would throw regular tantrums.”
Adjective
▲
Inopportune or inconvenient
inopportune
inconvenient
inappropriate
inexpedient
awkward
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unsuitable
bothersome
disadvantageous
improper
unfortunate
ill-chosen
ill-timed
inauspicious
incommodious
malapropos
adverse
discommoding
discommodious
ill-fitted
incongruous
misplaced
mistimed
objectionable
troublesome
unbecoming
unbefitting
uncomplimentary
undue
unfit
unfitting
unprofitable
unpropitious
unseasonable
unseemly
untimely
wrong
detrimental
unhelpful
incommoding
disturbing
annoying
disruptive
irritating
problematic
aggravating
vexing
tiresome
unhandy
vexatious
unmanageable
unwieldy
pestiferous
cumbersome
infelicitous
worrisome
distressing
badly timed
remote
prejudicial
embarrassing
disobliging
inapt
precocious
early
premature
contrary
challenging
disagreeable
bad
prohibitive
tough
testing
disastrous
trying
untoward
unsuited
negative
damaging
unlucky
unpromising
destructive
opposed
unwelcome
harmful
threatening
ominous
regrettable
calamitous
counter
unsatisfactory
ill
unfriendly
inadvisable
unadvantageous
ill-advised
inconducive
harsh
intrusive
unhappy
hurtful
inimical
hostile
disparaging
gloomy
unsympathetic
very bad
ill-suited
antagonistic
unsynchronized
inept
hasty
poor
ill-judged
misjudged
ungodly
obtrusive
badly chosen
out of keeping
anachronistic
abortive
out-of-date
injurious
deleterious
more ❯
“Your request for a favor has come at a
difficult
time.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
dreadful
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
bleak
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
hopeless
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
unpleasant
distasteful
bad
awful
horrible
irksome
disconcerting
horrific
unpalatable
uncomfortable
terrible
daunting
objectionable
ghastly
loathsome
severe
galling
macabre
horrid
torturous
disagreeable
horrifying
vile
frightful
foul
abominable
lousy
harsh
horrendous
execrable
cruel
forbidding
atrocious
gruesome
revolting
rotten
fraught
hairy
nightmarish
grisly
grave
hellacious
mean
monstrous
displeasing
unwelcome
hostile
hard
oppressed
vicious
stark
brutal
savage
trying
abhorrent
uncongenial
unpleasing
irritating
annoying
off-putting
dismaying
thankless
pitiless
merciless
ruthless
undesirable
impoverished
foreboding
sinister
vexing
unappealing
aggravating
repellent
repugnant
concerning
unenviable
unsatisfactory
austere
parlous
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
frustrating
unpropitious
inauspicious
abysmal
repulsive
disgusting
pathetic
awkward
distressed
mortifying
gross
unamusing
offensive
detestable
unsavory
US
poverty-stricken
odious
icky
nauseating
uninviting
hellish
sickening
obnoxious
yukky
yucky
unkind
fearful
grody
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
sour
bothersome
repellant
invidious
perplexing
ominous
unrewarding
fruitless
unfulfilling
moving
depressed
drear
fierce
mournful
dingy
piteous
plangent
derisible
pensive
lugubrious
dark
testing
intense
mighty
very bad
irritable
bewildering
troubled
tear-jerking
uncoveted
unwanted
harmful
hateful
acute
mephitical
revulsive
sullen
terribly bad
crashing
injurious
destructive
rancid
pesky
wicked
heavy
taxing
discommoding
provoking
burdensome
wearisome
toilsome
unattractive
unpopular
threatening
onerous
startling
inconvenient
tiresome
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
harassing
consequential
laborious
unwished-for
humourless
UK
sober
crummy
humorless
US
unbearable
solemn
numbing
anxiety provoking
stinking
unendurable
hideous
lurid
unacceptable
sedate
diabolical
uncool
grotty
godawful
ugly
affecting
nauseous
anguished
beastly
extremely bad
calamitous
disastrous
forlorn
catastrophic
cataclysmic
ruinous
devastating
heinous
direful
hapless
blue
black
yucko
abject
luckless
pain
drag
dislikable
ill-advised
shameful
misfortunate
ill-fated
cataclysmal
adverse
morbid
tearful
blameworthy
disgraceful
wrong
reprehensible
ill-starred
sorrowing
teary
disenchanting
inopportune
egregious
regretful
despondent
insensitive
callous
heartless
unsympathetic
too bad
a pity
inadequate
substandard
dirty
sneaking
despicable
contemptible
inferior
ratty
cruddy
grubby
scabby
cheap
scummy
scurvy
paltry
lame
God-awful
chronic
stirring
intolerable
overwhelming
scandalous
murderous
unrelenting
stiff
rough
chilling
hardhanded
tough
inhuman
rugged
relentless
searing
ferocious
remorseless
great
sore
loveless
inclement
hard-hearted
intemperate
rigorous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature
unyielding
recalcitrant
intractable
disobedient
contrary
refractory
defiant
ungovernable
wayward
wilful
rebellious
insubordinate
obstreperous
unmanageable
unruly
willful
uncontrollable
balky
contumacious
untoward
rebel
uncooperative
froward
obstinate
unaccommodating
recusant
unreasonable
incompliant
obstructive
restive
disorderly
disobliging
bolshie
unamenable
stroppy
fractious
turbulent
disaffected
truculent
incorrigible
revolutionary
resistant
unobliging
discourteous
uncivil
unsympathetic
disagreeable
unfriendly
unpleasant
dissentient
malcontent
nonconformist
quarrelsome
rude
unamiable
uncongenial
contentious
ornery
anarchistic
bellicose
factious
iconoclastic
individualistic
militant
negativistic
pugnacious
threatening
treacherous
treasonable
warring
insolent
disputatious
bloody-minded
passive-aggressive
ill-natured
stubborn
perverse
awkward
undisciplined
troublesome
headstrong
wild
mutinous
unhelpful
contrarious
incontrollable
thrawn
cussed
disruptive
delinquent
obdurate
self-willed
badly behaved
rowdy
noncompliant
unwilling
errant
naughty
pigheaded
out of control
argumentative
cantankerous
inflexible
tiresome
pervicacious
mulish
out of hand
impossible
mischievous
lawless
riotous
unbending
undisciplinable
annoying
vexatious
renitent
uncompromising
uncompliant
obstinately disobedient
belligerent
cross-grained
antagonistic
exasperating
anarchic
hostile
trying
inimical
problematic
unresponsive
boisterous
bull-headed
troublemaking
irrepressible
unbiddable
violent
erratic
rascally
strong-willed
dissident
roguish
impish
uncontrolled
spiteful
ill-disciplined
indocile
non-compliant
stiff-necked
intransigent
irritable
unsupportive
misbehaving
crabby
confrontational
unpredictable
bad
opposing
opinionated
lawbreaking
negative
noncooperating
noncooperative
insurgent
aberrant
seditious
capricious
reckless
unrestrained
rough
indomitable
sinful
antipathetic
adverse
radical
unbridled
hard to handle
attention-seeking
wrong
unpersuadable
unmalleable
tetchy
grouchy
impudent
contradictory
inimitable
stubborn as a mule
bullheaded
determined
fickle
grumpy
ill-tempered
sullen
sulky
uneager
grudging
begrudging
not giving an inch
unpliable
insurrectionary
restless
sabotaging
nonobservant
challenging
resistive
disputative
demurring
intolerable
unbearable
undependable
bad-tempered
narky
ratty
shirty
choleric
immoral
self-indulgent
arbitrary
flyaway
blocking
stalling
restrictive
inhibiting
delaying
badly-behaved
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
arsey
disagreeing
paradoxical
demanding
intemperate
impetuous
converse
pig-headed
wrongheaded
misbehaved
anarchical
pesky
touchy
scrappy
maladjusted
disturbed
unconstructive
hindering
chaotic
nuts
outrageous
madcap
crazy
insurmountable
hysterical
berserk
impulsive
playful
chippy
peevish
morose
rash
uproarious
shrewish
mean
tricky
tumultuous
raucous
impervious
imprudent
forward
inexorable
assertive
heedless
inconsiderate
unadaptable
rumbustious
rambunctious
impolite
wicked
immovable
incommodious
difficult to handle
discommodious
out of line
tempestuous
frustrating
making difficulties
resisting
sticky
rampageous
insubmissive
tricksy
puckish
brattish
scampish
prankish
rampaging
withstanding
unreciprocating
unreciprocate
nonreciprocal
offending
teasing
gallus
fiendish
wanton
worthless
thorny
burdensome
knotty
bad-mannered
full of mischief
tough
evil
sinning
problem
rock-ribbed
erring
deviant
not cooperative
complex
insoluble
adversarial
culpable
guilty
criminal
transgressing
dissentious
uncomplying
impossible to cope with
dissenting
aggressive
straying
angry
combative
oppositional
opposed
unorthodox
miscreant
shifting
stray
heretic
devious
fallible
deviating
off straight and narrow
unreliable
meandering
errable
vitriolic
jaundiced
inhospitable
wrathful
virulent
conflicting
disapproving
opposite
unsociable
reluctant
adversative
unreceptive
accusatorial
allergic
ill-disposed
at odds
oppugnant
oppugning
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a literary work
)
Overly serious or difficult
heavy
tedious
dull
dry
serious
over-serious
heavy-going
dreary
boring
turgid
uninteresting
wearisome
dry as dust
deadly
banal
drab
labored
US
laborious
laboured
UK
mind-numbing
monotonous
incoherent
inarticulate
incomprehensible
unreadable
dense
heavy going
badly written
humdrum
flat
pedestrian
tiresome
stale
colorless
US
colourless
UK
slow
ponderous
leaden
stodgy
tame
wearying
tiring
jejune
jading
stuffy
numbing
arid
old
monochromatic
drudging
weary
stupid
dusty
ho-hum
unexciting
prosaic
lifeless
insipid
vapid
uneventful
bland
commonplace
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
uninspiring
uninspired
run-of-the-mill
unimaginative
routine
mundane
plodding
spiritless
blah
trite
characterless
sterile
unvaried
unremarkable
samey
unvarying
tired
workaday
dead
repetitious
fatiguing
ordinary
wishy-washy
prosy
mediocre
everyday
barren
repetitive
soporific
common
nothing
quotidian
nondescript
wooden
banausic
enervating
exhausting
nowhere
bloodless
bromidic
torpid
feeble
weak
monochrome
limp
unstimulating
vacuous
ho hum
sluggish
vanilla
lame
featureless
mechanical
stiff
draggy
dim
lustreless
dull as dishwater
unanimated
inoffensive
unexceptional
anaemic
UK
uniform
dullsville
zestless
platitudinous
antiseptic
hackneyed
lusterless
soul-destroying
inane
usual
anemic
US
unrelieved
non-stimulating
monotone
dreich
middle-of-the-road
lacking variety
plain
depressing
nothing to write home about
average
unmemorable
mindless
pallid
conventional
unpassioned
unlively
normal
unoriginal
downcast
derivative
empty
quiet
sleepy
slack
pedantic
stilted
static
innocuous
expressionless
stagnant
desolate
pabulum
treadmill
soulless
bog-standard
matter-of-fact
white-bread
dull as ditchwater
plebeian
plain vanilla
weariful
dragging
unenjoyable
dismal
unentertaining
unchanging
garden-variety
no great shakes
common or garden
day-to-day
deadly dull
yawnsome
big yawn
lacking excitement
lacking interest
undistinctive
neutral
indistinct
uninterested
tepid
cardboard
sleep-inducing
forced
depressed
irritating
annoying
raw
sorrowful
dispiriting
damp
oppressive
wintry
US
windy
wintery
UK
unobjectionable
harmless
mainstream
inert
safe
formal
halfhearted
diluted
boresome
vexatious
recurrent
staid
overlong
typical
customary
regular
boiled down
without punch
verbose
fuddy-duddy
prolix
bleak
dowdy
threadbare
reiterated
monotonic
samely
unchanged
interminable
mortal
poky
snooze
weighty
toneless
garden variety
gray
US
deadening
passionless
unspirited
grey
UK
irksome
unproductive
unprogressive
inactive
endless
pointless
vacant
without variety
a dime a dozen
unfeeling
milk-and-water
watery
unexcited
mat
dulled
unexpressive
matte
one-horse
all the same
sing-song
apathetic
hard to digest
flat as pancake
listless
puts one to sleep
standard
OK
dead-and-alive
not fun
long-drawn-out
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
sapless
muted
whitebread
uncreative
passive
truistic
lethargic
undistinguished
simple
emotionless
lead balloon
namby-pamby
so-so
half-pie
terrestrial
cold
slothful
lowly
not so hot
zero
not up to much
straightforward
hollow
square
inexpressive
yawn
businesslike
unemotional
unembellished
unadorned
joyless
lank
spent
deadpan
clean
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
nitty-gritty
ornery
meager
US
meagre
UK
lacking variation
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked
abrupt
irritable
curt
grumpy
crabby
testy
prickly
cantankerous
grouchy
moody
sulky
brusque
rude
sullen
unpleasant
unfriendly
tetchy
churlish
crabbed
irascible
peevish
ungracious
discourteous
gruff
curmudgeonly
petulant
disagreeable
dyspeptic
fractious
glum
impolite
pouty
querulous
snappy
sour
splenetic
touchy
surly
scowling
chippy
boorish
choleric
crotchety
humorless
US
humourless
UK
truculent
uncivil
unhelpful
blunt
crusty
mopey
morose
pouting
snappish
unsmiling
moping
narky
terse
bellicose
impatient
quarrelsome
uptight
fiery
shirty
contentious
hotheaded
impetuous
ill-natured
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-mannered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
short-tempered
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
ratty
cross
cranky
pettish
bilious
waspish
eggy
peppery
soreheaded
peckish
miffy
snaky
like a bear with a sore head
perverse
scratchy
ornery
bearish
liverish
awkward
out of sorts
huffy
contrary
uncooperative
captious
acid
stuffy
out of temper
in a bad mood
fretful
bitter
argumentative
miserable
complaining
edgy
obstinate
shrewish
whingy
snarky
stroppy
snippy
snippety
whingeing
waxy
on edge
cross-grained
sorehead
raspy
angry
critical
discontented
nasty
mean
cynical
harsh
acrimonious
tough
bloody-minded
whiny
fussy
trying
tart
short-fused
acrid
waspy
dour
on a short fuse
vinegary
as cross as two sticks
tense
disgruntled
displeased
unsociable
grumbling
whining
misanthropic
dissatisfied
carping
vicious
spiteful
disputatious
ugly
gloomy
iracund
iracundulous
out of humour
grousing
fault-finding
thin-skinned
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humor
mumpish
in a mood
saturnine
obstreperous
chuffy
piqued
vehement
indignant
unindulgent
tooshie
vinegarish
arsey
murmuring
plaintive
having short fuse
hot under collar
censorious
grumbly
huffy irascible
salty
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
hard to please
scrappy
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
rotten
contemptible
hard-nosed
disobliging
temperamental
mean-spirited
huffish
volatile
sensitive
feisty
bristly
cruel
ireful
oversensitive
pertinacious
unlikable
hypercritical
exasperated
snarling
resentful
crybaby
annoyed
brooding
eristic
having got out of bed on the wrong side
griping
hot under the collar
growling
malicious
venomous
fretting
short
childish
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
cavilling
UK
sharp
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
caviling
US
sore
passionate
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
cussed
easily offended
glowering
frowning
uncommunicative
fierce
embittered
forbidding
stern
severe
grim
rancorous
unmannerly
flinty
steely
austere
serious
upset
sombre
UK
somber
US
intimidating
louring
lowering
solemn
grave
stony
unresponsive
hard
mean-looking
ferocious
irritated
wrathful
hostile
ticklish
unhappy
agitated
peeved
unkind
narked
excitable
rough
savage
hateful
envenomed
catty
malign
vitriolic
ungentle
stark
sober
worked up
dejected
hot-headed
bleak
easily upset
uninviting
unapproachable
formidable
crude
virulent
threatening
menacing
scathing
aggravated
malevolent
grudging
antagonistic
offended
irked
dismal
sarcastic
jaundiced
caustic
choked
impulsive
distressed
worried
riled
pernicious
taciturn
inflammable
atrabilious
hurtful
wounded
acerbic
sardonic
bothered
poisonous
sourpussed
dreary
vexed
irate
miffed
rugged
poker-faced
wound up
joyless
sulking
frustrated
disapproving
unsympathetic
no-nonsense
sharp-tongued
put out
melancholic
hard-faced
fed up
stringent
disrespectful
stressy
bad
wicked
uncongenial
unaccommodating
ungenerous
aggressive
pugnacious
unruly
recalcitrant
tempersome
apt to fly off the handle
bellyaching
owly
beefing
unceremonious
refractory
snarly
zowerswopped
scornful
froward
spunky
acute
Eeyorish
perversely irritable
hypersensitive
emotional
pessimistic
restless
restive
indomitable
uncompliant
indocile
wild
distant
aloof
bluff
jumpy
toey
perturbable
mopish
with a long face
strict
offhand
boisterous
fell
stiff
sinister
belligerent
hate-filled
off
bad-humored
sharp-tempered
like a bear
offish
agitable
broody
smileless
got up on wrong side of bed
highly strung
resolute
earnest
po-faced
unhumorous
sedate
staid
serious-minded
sobersided
wired up
bundle of nerves
blue
neurotic
kittle
mopy
skittish
gray
US
grey
UK
begrudging
aggrieved
boot-faced
hurt
high-strung
easily frightened
easily agitated
overwrought
distraught
uncomfortable
mordant
anxious
stressed
fidgety
galled
faultfinding
trenchant
inconsiderate
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
maleficent
irreconcilable
cutting
barbed
disappointed
crass
wrought up
ill at ease
uncharitable
with chip on shoulder
hard done by
grudge-bearing
with a chip on your shoulder
ill-disposed
het up
malefic
withering
biting
ungentlemanly
ungallant
unchivalrous
mordacious
vulgar
perturbed
harried
flustered
disheartened
coarse
stinging
vitriolous
ignorant
base
teed off
rustic
afflicted
infuriated
disturbed
harassed
discouraged
nettled
clodhopping
lowbred
unneighborly
corrosive
astringent
wounding
acidulous
searing
maddened
incensed
tormented
troubled
inflamed
provoked
furious
burning
bad-mannered
unfulfilled
fuming
enraged
defeated
slashing
rapier-like
evil-intentioned
dripping with malice
razor-edged
squint-eyed
unsatisfied
unsated
ungratified
fretted
carrying a chip on your shoulder
up the wall
in a huff
in a temper
hung up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling
emotive
touching
moving
poignant
emotional
stirring
sensitive
affecting
delicate
controversial
sentimental
touchy
problematic
awkward
contentious
exciting
thrilling
affective
impassioned
inflammatory
heartwarming
affectional
heart-rending
heart-warming
tear-jerking
hot-button
heated
subjective
debatable
disputable
disputed
disputatious
arguable
divisive
polemical
controvertible
dubious
contended
questionable
polemic
provocative
vexed
suspect
dubitable
moot
tendentious
debateable
contested
contestable
notorious
debated
hot
uncertain
doubtable
doubtful
at issue
in dispute
open to question
open to discussion
under discussion
unsettled
undecided
unresolved
open to debate
open to doubt
unsure
iffy
equivocal
undetermined
borderline
up in the air
unclear
dodgy
issuable
negotiable
eristic
open
problematical
yet to be decided
argumentative
indeterminate
unconcluded
ambiguous
indecisive
in doubt
indefinite
unconfirmed
vague
in question
eristical
suspicious
ambivalent
fishy
ongoing
unreliable
unknown
unproven
unestablished
pending
inconclusive
fractious
mootable
marginal
sticky
chancy
on ice
up for discussion
on the back burner
in contention
much debated
unsound
paradoxical
unlikely
shady
outstanding
unascertained
shaky
queer
tentative
sub judice
far from certain
unclassifiable
unanswered
unsolved
clouded
inexact
in the balance
unverified
unprovable
open for discussion
yet to be settled
not yet settled
apocryphal
undefined
spurious
occult
flimsy
cryptic
enigmatic
obscure
hypothetical
contingent
not definite
under advisement
not obvious
under examination
factious
contrary
combative
militant
antagonistic
puzzling
perplexing
riddling
subject to debate
a moot point
betwixt and between
touch-and-go
not yet established
bone of contention
a matter of opinion
up for debate
between rock and hard place
the jury's out
a controversial subject
a live issue
between sixes and sevens
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations
feisty
combative
argumentative
aggressive
belligerent
quarrelsome
bellicose
pugnacious
contentious
confrontational
truculent
militant
disputatious
warlike
scrappy
agonistic
chippy
gladiatorial
discordant
assaultive
brawly
fiery
ornery
touchy
tough
sensitive
active
courageous
spirited
spunky
excitable
enthusiastic
gutsy
alive
bubbly
energetic
frisky
game
gritty
gutty
hearty
lively
mettlesome
peppy
zestful
thin-skinned
hot-blooded
on the warpath
full-blooded
go-getting
high-strung
full of pep
polemical
cantankerous
litigious
controversial
polemic
captious
cavilling
UK
dissentious
fractious
disputative
hostile
caviling
US
awkward
perverse
contrary
troublesome
irascible
irritable
antagonistic
petulant
warring
choleric
factious
defiant
threatening
snappy
peevish
battling
pettish
fighting
querulous
cross
hotheaded
grouchy
stroppy
tempestuous
arguesome
arsey
ructious
crabby
wrangling
bickering
huffy
violent
brawling
unruly
passionate
churlish
impassioned
war
turbulent
ill-tempered
quick-tempered
bad-tempered
hot-tempered
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
fierce
adversarial
inimical
offensive
oppugnant
aggers
mean
spoiling for a fight
militaristic
challenging
nasty
unfriendly
inhospitable
testy
bolshie
snarly
hawkish
warmongering
biffo
sabre-rattling
dissentient
martial
salty
rebellious
having a chip on one's shoulder
have a bone to pick
destructive
loudmouthed
narky
sullen
jingoistic
prickly
rancorous
snappish
provocative
angry
malevolent
bloodthirsty
negativistic
ardent
hot
flip
pushy
contending
military
passive-aggressive
ferocious
spiky
opinionated
at loggerheads
on the outs
have it in for
up in arms
ready to fight
uncooperative
determined
plucky
cussed
soldierly
gung-ho
adverse
disruptive
acrimonious
rough
sanguinary
attacking
menacing
forbidding
hard
harsh
disagreeable
glowering
stern
battleful
covertly narcissistic
intimidating
dissenting
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
disagreeing
itching
splenetic
miffy
exasperated
abusive
surly
browbeating
terrorizing
US
bullying
terrorising
UK
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
under arms
grumpy
assertive
self-assertive
itching to fight
cranky
soreheaded
unkind
antipathetic
fretful
mighty
peppery
vigorous
short-tempered
radical
ultra-active
extremist
two-fisted
extreme
forceful
combating
fanatical
embattled
zealous
warrish
revolutionary
assertory
in arms
looking for trouble
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a muddy or sticky consistency
heavy
clayey
clay
viscous
viscid
muddy
sticky
glutinous
gluey
wet
claggy
clarty
gooey
gloopy
cloggy
mucky
gloppy
sodden
soggy
swampy
caked
murky
slimy
sloppy
thick
gelatinous
gummy
mucilaginous
syrupy
treacly
stiff
clotted
ropy
coagulated
firm
concentrated
ropey
condensed
stiffened
inspissated
viscoid
gummous
ossified
stodgy
jellied
curdled
thickened
gunky
set
clabbered
congealed
solidified
jelled
semi-solid
Adjective
▲
Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind
mind-boggling
exciting
stimulating
stirring
rousing
thrilling
exhilarating
electrifying
inspiring
intoxicating
breathtaking
galvanising
UK
galvanizing
US
charged
exhilarative
electric
galvanic
kicky
amazing
overwhelming
astonishing
wonderful
stunning
challenging
spectacular
startling
stupendous
staggering
baffling
complex
complicated
confusing
puzzling
surprising
mind-blowing
heart-stopping
hair-raising
mind-bending
rip-roaring
eye-opening
astounding
incredible
awesome
extraordinary
wondrous
remarkable
unbelievable
sensational
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
miraculous
fantastic
fabulous
prodigious
eye-popping
awe-inspiring
phenomenal
sublime
dramatic
jaw-dropping
impressive
striking
tremendous
exceptional
out of this world
moving
magnificent
unimaginable
portentous
fascinating
amazeballs
brilliant
inconceivable
stupefying
invigorating
US
fantastical
enthralling
outstanding
envigorating
UK
shocking
unheard of
unique
dazzling
glorious
terrific
awful
flabbergasting
gripping
unthinkable
splendid
unusual
unreal
magical
stellar
fab
out of the ordinary
lively
rare
imposing
unprecedented
animating
unparalleled
riveting
enlivening
enchanting
special
jolting
captivating
inspiriting
beyond belief
spine-tingling
implausible
improbable
unlikely
spirited
energizing
US
impossible
intense
inspirational
majestic
preposterous
emotional
superlative
energetic
heady
dumbfounding
provocative
arousing
anthemic
strange
stem-winding
blindsiding
jarring
great
bewildering
superior
dumfounding
energising
UK
memorable
dynamic
far-out
confounding
hard to swallow
unheard-of
notable
singular
unconvincing
grand
beautiful
animated
incredulous
uncommon
uncompelling
unconceivable
impassioned
surpassing
emotive
passionate
superb
sensorial
bewitching
awe-striking
incogitable
refreshing
unusually good
stimulative
super
touching
heavy
freakish
outlandish
beguiling
utmost
soul-stirring
empyreal
too good to be true
splendorous
out-of-this-world
emotion-charged
gee-whizz
thought-provoking
vigorous
noteworthy
marked
formidable
enthusiastic
hearty
significant
unspeakable
ineffable
unutterable
humbling
particular
distinctive
signal
theatrical
doubtful
heart-stirring
interesting
motivating
weak
compelling
mind-altering
hallucinatory
encouraging
unimagined
excellent
preternatural
explosive
thin
intriguing
unsubstantial
untold
provoking
incomprehensible
delightful
bizarre
psychedelic
arresting
cherished
perfect
magic
extraordinaire
unthought of
suspenseful
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
phony
US
unknowable
befuddling
wild
unforeseen
bad
resplendent
like a dream come true
flustering
beyond the realm of reason
awakening
unsettling
first-class
smashing
unnerving
cliffhanging
state-of-the-art
divine
unannounced
freaky
unanticipated
far out
fantabulous
phoney
UK
won't wash
knife-edge
exhilarant
blissful
fabled
undreamed of
beyond one's wildest dreams
too much
heavenly
first-rate
full of it
ethereal
action-packed
exalting
enlightening
scarcely credible
fairy-tale
fairytale-like
unexpected
dream-filled
galvanical
noticeable
monumental
fine
hard to believe
something else
compulsive
elating
absorbing
overcoming
superhuman
better than expected
disturbing
disquieting
never to be forgotten
unforgettable
eye-catching
picturesque
tense
supreme
especial
buzzy
volatile
adrenalized
causing excitement
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
anomalous
royal
considerable
ideal
appealing
eminent
substantial
huge
extra special
surpassing belief
dynamite
radical
titillating
indescribable
bracing
sparkling
entertaining
uplifting
monstrous
inexplicable
providential
unaccountable
numinous
unconventional
distinguished
prominent
sexy
standout
adrenalizing
exalté
piquant
giving one food for thought
vitalizing
magnetic
unco
boisterous
rollicking
ripping
adrenaline-fueled
riotous
uproarious
incomparable
inimitable
engrossing
revitalising
UK
quickening
one and only
buzzworthy
giddy
revitalizing
US
animative
exhilaratory
inflammatory
inviting
enticing
mesmerizing
US
entrancing
charming
coruscating
spellbinding
motivational
affecting
matchless
mesmerising
UK
attention-grabbing
mesmeric
heartening
agitational
influential
persuasive
inciting
meaningful
impactful
poignant
instigative
impelling
vibrant
triggering
instigating
piquing
affective
powerful
way-out
topping
wizard
ace
brill
bonzer
tip-top
out of sight
top-notch
capital
top-hole
peerless
wicked
awing
spiffing
very good
cool
unordinary
nerve-racking
adrenaline-charged
edge-of-the-seat
devastating
inapprehensible
not understandable
undreamed-of
shaking
trembling
frantic
blood-tingling
exquisite
shivering
quaking
large
mad
vibrating
swinging
boss
zero cool
shuddering
legendary
extravagant
immense
outrageous
flakey
US
difficult to believe
kooky
flimsy
fanciful
dubious
harebrained
fishy
for the birds
cock-and-bull
cockamamie
won't hold water
reaching
full of holes
scatterbrained
far-fetched
flaky
UK
cockeyed
lamebrained
past belief
infeasible
screwy
open to doubt
suspect
questionable
absurd
rad
ridiculous
top drawer
ludicrous
reachy
insupposable
not to be thought of
extremely implausible
out of the question
beyond reason
won't fly
extremely unlikely
imcomprehensible
extremely doubtful
beyond the bounds of possibility
extremely difficult to believe
not in the least likely
blinding
theatric
some
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
unsayable
impossible
inarticulate
unpronounceable
ineffable
inexpressible
unspeakable
unutterable
unverbalizable
Adjective
▲
Of considerable importance or seriousness
big
significant
serious
substantial
considerable
critical
important
major
urgent
consequential
crucial
decisive
momentous
paramount
tough
all-important
appreciable
earnest
fateful
influential
key
landmark
leading
material
meaningful
monumental
powerful
prime
principal
prominent
sizable
solemn
super
vital
weighty
big league
big-time
eminent
eventful
far-reaching
fundamental
grave
hard
heavy
historic
major league
sober
somber
US
sombre
UK
earthshaking
earth-shattering
heavy-duty
heavyweight
hefty
high-priority
mammoth
super colossal
valuable
life-and-death
main
tectonic
of consequence
of great import
of moment
of significance
exceptional
no joke
no laughing matter
strategic
much
pivotal
notable
memorable
outstanding
profound
acute
noteworthy
remarkable
exigent
great
portentous
epoch-making
of great consequence
extraordinary
large
central
pressing
capital
intense
unforgettable
essential
striking
impactful
mighty
burning
headline
life-changing
life and death
core
pertinent
focal
sweeping
integral
large-scale
pronounced
signal
telling
worthwhile
top-priority
almighty
determining
severe
imposing
dire
of concern
major-league
of note
deep
cardinal
especial
marked
climacteric
earth-shaking
high-level
of importance
of great importance
no-nonsense
big deal
huge
worthy
distinguished
apocalyptic
lasting
meaty
enduring
epochal
immortal
abiding
relevant
intrinsic
matter of life and death
tremendous
valid
purposeful
primary
ponderous
stunning
earthshattering
devastating
world-shaking
world-shattering
pointed
immediate
instrumental
overriding
salient
foremost
famous
celebrated
top-level
overshadowing
utmost
grand
high-profile
dangerous
grievous
big-league
indicative
useful
pithy
groundbreaking
renowned
famed
sententious
testing
deciding
exciting
red-letter
active
trying
searching
settling
well-known
full
lively
busy
dramatic
strenuous
hectic
ground-breaking
psychological
event-filled
action-packed
desperate
clamorous
imperative
extensive
extreme
forceful
milestone
insistent
showdown
touchy
climatic
now or never
hanging by thread
on thin ice
touch-and-go
noticeable
special
ponderable
conspicuous
carrying a lot of weight
impressive
sensational
conclusive
glaring
distinctive
front-page
rare
unusual
newsworthy
uncommon
preponderant
obvious
resonant
unordinary
glorious
keynote
particular
emphatic
quantum
generous
strong
potent
worthy of attention
a lot of
lots of
plenty of
a great deal of
a fair amount of
final
sedate
staid
humorless
US
definitive
humourless
UK
chief
absolute
necessary
unlucky
fatal
defining
certain
underlined
uncomic
definite
ill-fated
direful
doomful
inauspicious
ominous
determinative
resultful
authoritative
imperious
trenchant
decided
incisive
crisp
settled
peremptory
litmus test
indispensable
shaping
responsible
causal
evaluative
foreordained
inevitable
predestined
doomed
destined
concluding
ultimate
closing
finishing
ending
interesting
clear
stirring
gripping
culminating
hair-raising
riveting
peak
apocalyptical
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