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Adjective
▲
Requiring great effort or exertion
arduous
challenging
demanding
hard
excruciating
gruelingUS
harsh
rigorous
strenuous
testing
tough
backbreaking
daunting
exacting
exhausting
fatiguing
gruellingUK
laborious
onerous
punishing
taxing
trying
backbreaker
bruising
burdensome
debilitating
draining
insufferable
painstaking
ponderous
rough
tiring
torturous
unforgiving
wearisome
wearying
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
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
labouredUK
laboredUS
ominous
operose
oppressive
painful
problematic
sapping
shattering
titanic
toilsome
unpleasant
vigorous
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 one's head
enigmatic
fiddly
gnarly
involute
involuted
over one's head
enigmatical
advanced
byzantine
cryptic
difficult to understand
unsolvable
ambiguous
hazy
more ❯
“Bobby had to give up on the Sudoku puzzle as it was too difficult.”
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
demanding
stubborn
uncompromising
fussy
grim
hard to please
intractable
obstinate
overbearing
recalcitrant
tough
unaccommodating
unamenable
unreasonable
unrelenting
argumentative
boorish
fastidious
finicky
hardheaded
hard-nosed
inflexible
obdurate
picky
pigheaded
rigid
tyrannical
bearish
discontented
dissatisfied
fractious
hard-line
immovable
inexorable
irascible
oafish
obstreperous
opinionated
perverse
pitiless
resolute
stiff
strict
troublesome
trying
unbending
unmanageable
cantankerous
choosy
critical
grumbly
impolite
irritable
irritating
negative
quarrelsome
querulous
refractory
set in one's ways
snappy
temperamental
testy
tiresome
unflinching
unyielding
uptight
bloody-minded
dogmatic
headstrong
indomitable
intransigent
opinionative
pertinacious
rude
single-minded
sour
steadfast
stiff-necked
strong-minded
wrong-headed
more ❯
“She quit her job because her boss had a penchant for being difficult.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
grim
hostile
adverse
tough
unfavourableUK
unfavorableUS
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
somberUS
sombreUK
terrible
unwelcome
worrying
bitter
black
comfortless
direful
discommodious
dismal
doleful
dreadful
glum
greyUK
grayUS
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
“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
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
more ❯
“Charlie was a difficult child who would throw regular tantrums.”
Adjective
▲
Inopportune or inconvenient
inopportune
inconvenient
inappropriate
inexpedient
awkward
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
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
more ❯
“Your request for a favor has come at a difficult time.”
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
laborious
laboredUS
labouredUK
mind-numbing
monotonous
incoherent
inarticulate
incomprehensible
unreadable
dense
heavy going
badly written
as dry as dust
unimaginative
uninspired
ponderous
unexciting
stuffy
tiresome
humdrum
ho-hum
formal
plodding
stupid
numbing
leaden
stale
pedantic
arid
old
monochromatic
staid
slow
dusty
unoriginal
derivative
tiring
wearying
jading
flat
jejune
colorlessUS
weary
drudging
tame
wooden
pedestrian
fuddy-duddy
deadly dull
verbose
dim
stilted
stodgy
weighty
banausic
colourlessUK
dull as ditchwater
hard to digest
Adjective
▲
Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
ticklish
delicate
sensitive
tricky
problematic
thorny
awkward
knotty
prickly
tough
trying
controversial
dodgy
sticky
taxing
touchy
bothersome
catchy
complex
complicated
concerning
critical
hairy
involved
irksome
nasty
nice
problematical
risky
spiny
tricksy
troublesome
uncertain
upsetting
vexatious
worrying
convoluted
intricate
unstable
unsteady
vexed
capricious
chancy
changeable
dangerous
fickle
hard
inconstant
mercurial
precarious
rocky
temperamental
variable
volatile
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very particular about detail
fussy
exacting
particular
dainty
fastidious
finicky
choosy
picky
discriminating
pernickety
persnickety
demanding
faddish
faddy
finical
punctilious
selective
nice
nit-picking
old-maidish
over-particular
squeamish
choosey
delicate
finicking
fussbudgety
nitpicking
nit-picky
overnice
overparticular
assiduous
conscionable
exact
fretful
fuddy-duddy
hard to please
heedful
inflexible
obsessive
old maidish
overfastidious
pedantic
picky-picky
prissy
punctual
stickling
trivial
old womanish
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unfriendly and bad-tempered
disagreeable
ill-natured
bad-tempered
cross
irritable
nasty
rude
surly
unfriendly
unpleasant
contrary
ill-tempered
peevish
brusque
churlish
crabbed
curmudgeonly
disobliging
grumpy
ill-humouredUK
petulant
snappish
mean
mean-spirited
prickly
sulky
sullen
abrupt
acid
bearish
bilious
bloody-minded
cantankerous
cruel
discourteous
dyspeptic
grouchy
ill-humoredUS
impolite
ornery
ratty
splenetic
tetchy
spiteful
ungracious
unlikable
vicious
bellicose
contentious
crabby
disputatious
eristic
pettish
quarrelsome
querulous
snappy
ugly
unhelpful
uptight
waspish
whiny
out of sorts
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not having a level or smooth surface
scabrous
flakyUK
flakeyUS
leprous
mangy
coarse
knotty
rough
rugged
scaly
treacherous
irregular
rocky
uneven
bumpy
jagged
broken
ragged
craggy
roughened
pitted
strong-featured
lined
stark
pebbly
wrinkled
worn
lumpy
scraggy
weathered
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
somberUS
sombreUK
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Offering little reward, substance, or nourishment
lean
arid
bad
barren
hard
tough
unfruitful
unproductive
unprofitable
unremunerative
impoverished
moneyless
poverty-stricken
infertile
poor
sterile
waste
hardscrabble
dead
boney
unfertile
stark
desolate
bony
uncultivatable
unprolific
fruitless
lifeless
dry
Adjective
▲
Fond of, or prone to, quarreling
feisty
aggressive
agonistic
argumentative
assaultive
bellicose
belligerent
brawly
chippy
combative
confrontational
contentious
discordant
disputatious
gladiatorial
militant
pugnacious
quarrelsome
scrappy
truculent
warlike
active
alive
bubbly
courageous
energetic
enthusiastic
excitable
fiery
frisky
full-blooded
game
go-getting
gritty
gutsy
gutty
hearty
high-strung
hot-blooded
lively
mettlesome
ornery
peppy
sensitive
spirited
spunky
thin-skinned
touchy
tough
zestful
on the warpath
full of pep
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing great emotional or mental stimulation
mind-boggling
breathtaking
charged
electric
electrifying
exciting
exhilarating
exhilarative
galvanic
galvanisingUK
galvanizingUS
hair-raising
heart-stopping
inspiring
intoxicating
kicky
mind-bending
mind-blowing
rip-roaring
rousing
stimulating
stirring
thrilling
amazing
astonishing
baffling
challenging
complex
complicated
confusing
eye-opening
overwhelming
puzzling
spectacular
staggering
startling
stunning
stupendous
surprising
wonderful
Adjective
▲
Squeezed or confined
straitened
destitute
penniless
poor
poverty-stricken
impecunious
indigent
needful
needy
penurious
bankrupt
beggarly
moneyless
necessitous
broke
dirt poor
impoverished
in need
in penury
skint
strapped
beggared
distressed
in want
pauperized
pinched
reduced
severe
without a sou
cleaned out
down and out
flat broke
in reduced circumstances
on the breadline
stony broke
without a penny
stone broke
strapped for cash
as poor as a church mouse
in Queer Street
unable to make ends meet
without two farthings to rub together
without two pennies to rub together
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Operating with high pressures, such as several times atmospheric pressure but relative
high-pressure
aggressive
compelling
forceful
pushy
bludgeoning
high-powered
insistent
intensive
persistent
persuasive
coercive
importunate
in-your-face
ambitious
assertive
enterprising
fierce
go-getting
militant
pressurisingUK
pressurizingUS
pushing
self-asserting
self-assertive
demanding
intense
pressured
pushful
relentless
strenuous
stressful
thrusting
not taking no for an answer
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lasting for a considerable time
marathon
extended
far
great
lengthy
long
long-drawn
long-drawn-out
long-lived
long-term
epic
gruellingUK
gruelingUS
long-winded
prolonged
protracted
long-lasting
enduring
drawn-out
overlong
spun out
interminable
sustained
lingering
time-consuming
dragging
lasting
extensive
dragged out
slow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Based on abstract reasoning
metaphysical
abstract
theoretical
intellectual
ideal
philosophical
speculative
conceptual
notional
abstruse
basic
deep
essential
fundamental
recondite
esoteric
high-flown
ideational
intangible
profound
spiritual
supernatural
theoretic
universal
unreal
academic
immaterial
impalpable
incorporeal
oversubtle
transcendental
unpractical
unsubstantial
bodiless
conjectural
discarnate
eternal
hypothetical
insubstantial
jesuitic
mystical
nonmaterial
nonphysical
numinous
ontological
philosophic
superhuman
superior
supermundane
suprahuman
supramundane
supranatural
unfleshly
unphysical
more ❯
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