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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
(
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
Based on abstract reasoning
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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
delicate
knotty
irksome
hellacious
ticklish
sensitive
prickly
problematical
dodgy
vexatious
touchy
Augean
disturbing
nasty
worrying
pick-and-shovel
exigent
upsetting
catchy
tricksy
worrisome
complicated
spiny
precarious
annoying
intricate
irritating
complex
uncertain
inconvenient
vexing
perplexing
dangerous
unsettling
aggravating
exasperating
risky
involved
disquieting
disagreeable
harassing
stringent
chancy
traumatic
nagging
frustrating
concerning
enervating
perilous
critical
perturbing
agitating
embarrassing
maddening
fraught
alarming
grave
nettlesome
controversial
gnarly
convoluted
bitter
niggling
discomposing
tense
iffy
threatening
pestilent
provoking
baffling
unstable
touch-and-go
pesky
disconcerting
persnickety
unsafe
uneasy
relentless
plaguy
pestiferous
carking
wicked
pestilential
dismaying
infuriating
rankling
dire
puzzling
abrasive
riling
peeving
troublous
chafing
nettling
parlous
menacing
anxious
displeasing
treacherous
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
creepy
strained
enervative
harrying
infernal
discommoding
vexed
bleak
unsound
confounded
troubled
unpredictable
cussed
austere
volatile
fraught with danger
unsteady
discouraging
rocky
scary
mean
frightening
insecure
loaded
grating
tight
unhealthy
emotive
consequential
inhuman
incommodious
fiddly
searing
hostile
anxious-making
hardhanded
dark
hefty
nerve-wracking
pressured
spartan
unrelenting
nervous
terrible
dubious
restless
unwelcome
startling
strict
gloomy
sinister
foreboding
depressing
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
jeopardizing
US
terrifying
tortured
unreasonable
unpleasing
shaky
nail-biting
jeopardising
UK
monumental
excessive
intractable
elaborate
pressing
high-risk
confronting
unmanageable
impressive
capricious
weary
vulnerable
charged
boring
bad
wretched
exposed
teasing
unsure
pessimistic
hectic
prophetic
antagonizing
US
desperate
major
offensive
venturesome
enraging
antagonising
UK
ugly
dynamite
intensive
compromising
humiliating
sophisticated
immoderate
embarrassed
searching
sombre
UK
somber
US
steep
embittering
massive
Sisyphean
bold
mystifying
nice
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
at risk
unhandy
grandiose
dreadful
messy
profound
cringeworthy
unchancy
superincumbent
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
fickle
variable
daring
contentious
cringey
aggressive
imperious
clumsy
murder
objectionable
hurtful
drastic
extravagant
ungainly
lofty
irking
ungovernable
dour
inexorable
cringe-making
inhospitable
undependable
thorough
clunky
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
provocative
afflicting
shocking
energetic
time-consuming
jeopardous
flustering
gut-wrenching
cumbrous
bedevilling
UK
unwieldy
discomfiting
cranky
drudging
bunglesome
disappointing
sober
comfortless
unamusing
full of problems
beset by problems
punchable
uncongenial
large-scale
disastrous
hard-hitting
in danger
a stinker of a
bedeviling
US
in jeopardy
on thin ice
playing with fire
Russian roulette
anxiety-ridden
physical
huge
exorbitant
unfair
stretching
prodigious
thoroughgoing
prostrating
heartrending
paradoxical
racking
withering
contrived
artificial
leaden
unfathomable
impenetrable
abstruse
chastening
subtle
tender
overwhelming
quirky
catch-22
heartbreaking
heart-rending
mammoth
kittle
powerful
punitive
unrelaxing
bemusing
hardworking
unjust
busy
overtaxing
overpowering
unrelaxed
penetrating
edgy
work-intensive
bewildering
incomprehensible
confounding
heated
devilish
eventful
large order
heavy sledding
straitened
stern
forceful
heroic
courageous
forced
dogged
divisive
scandalous
accursed
repugnant
fiendish
slow
uncharitable
unkind
like herding cats
unsettled
stilted
ungracious
numbing
devil of a
lamentable
deplorable
overburdening
no piece of cake
calamitous
biting
radical
extensive
importunate
erratic
fluctuant
nauseating
exerting
despotic
domineering
afflicted
tendentious
flakey
US
mangy
leprous
anxiety provoking
undisciplined
rowdy
infestive
damaging
repressive
disorderly
impractical
hair-trigger
incalculable
demeaning
degrading
hot
lethal
harmful
haphazard
lively
ghastly
foul
horrible
rotten
horrid
vile
festering
antipathetic
slippery
soul-sucking
very difficult
trouble
emotionally draining
a nuisance
lumbersome
an imposition
tickly
kid-glove
appalling
atrocious
frightful
horrendous
abominable
untimely
discountenancing
audacious
unsatisfying
unattractive
meaningful
pregnant
dolorous
bumpy
doubtful
considerable
significant
life-threatening
acute
panicky
industrious
advanced
shameful
exciting
itchy
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
up and down
a devil
sobering
big
peracute
toe-curling
cliffhanging
dramatic
grand
intrepid
unrealistic
grotty
uncompromising
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
explosive
recalcitrant
built on sand
hard to use
complete
sweeping
revolutionary
harrasive
pretentious
visionary
irreducible
coarse
scaly
thought-provoking
improbable
ballsy
brash
idealistic
unfeasible
lousy
beastly
insupportable
perverse
wayward
hard-line
hard-nosed
heavy-handed
knife-edge
magnificent
fanciful
unreal
white-knuckle
improper
unlikely
from hell
deep
reflective
unacceptable
egregious
far-fetched
flaky
UK
difficult to achieve
thoughtful
confrontational
a bummer of a
bulky
beyond bearing
not to be borne
insightful
unmanoeuvrable
hulking
lumbering
encumbering
uncontrollable
gross
death-defying
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
tortuous
arcane
Byzantine
labyrinthian
unaccountable
dark
hidden
baroque
daedal
confused
occult
complicate
Gordian
wildering
mystic
insoluble
murky
Delphic
tough
insolvable
problematic
secret
concealed
serpentine
unknowable
heavy
challenging
jumbled
cabalistic
Daedalian
sibylline
awkward
dense
beyond one
rarefied
uncanny
unanswerable
cabbalistic
hermetic
hermetical
unexplainable
mazy
equivocal
strange
interlaced
elliptical
little known
elliptic
odd
weird
chaotic
mixed up
peculiar
devious
oracular
oblique
taxing
double-edged
hard to understand
disconcerting
weighty
serious
funny
messy
worrying
spiny
vague
ramified
befuddling
inextricable
indecipherable
twisted
nebulous
orphic
acroamatic
winding
misleading
muddled
fuliginous
sphinxlike
cumbersome
circuitous
drawn-out
unexplained
impossible to understand
long-drawn-out
high-tech
knotted
mixed
recherché
maze-like
as clear as mud
ravelled
UK
clear as mud
unsolved
raveled
US
bamboozling
surprising
Daedalean
hard to follow
inaccessible
hi-tech
metaphysical
private
perplexed
hairy
inner
intense
subtle
finicky
formidable
hypermetric
untold
arduous
magical
curious
scrambled
cerebral
intellectual
erudite
secretive
ticklish
bizarre
Greek to me
elite
demanding
beyond understanding
undiscoverable
contradictory
inconsistent
clear as dishwater
beyond you
full of surprises
insuperable
unattainable
impossible
hopeless
unrealizable
undoable
mixed-up
queer
mysterial
ineffable
unresolvable
muddling
unnatural
intertwined
interwoven
veiled
little-known
out-of-the-way
high-level
higher-level
stealthy
unknown
blurring
unsettling
disorienting
incognizable
sinuous
cagey
subjective
indirect
roundabout
ungraspable
unexcogitable
muddlesome
mistakable
ornate
indiscernible
irresolvable
without a solution
unresolved
unable to be solved
unconcluded
plotty
top-level
multifaceted
multifarious
variegated
rococo
heterogeneous
nuanced
uncertain
indefinite
long-winded
indistinct
dubious
doubtful
indeterminate
foggy
tenebrous
can of worms
unstraightforward
obfuscated
amphibological
overlong
verbose
deceptive
lengthy
cunning
perverse
difficult to follow
inconclusive
riddling
debatable
inexplicit
questionable
inconceivable
ambivalent
imprecise
unsettled
unusual
inexact
open
elusive
coded
indecisive
equivocating
two-edged
out of the ordinary
amazing
stupefying
arguable
illogical
conflicting
gnomic
open to debate
open to argument
borderline
undecided
unbelievable
shadowy
unexpected
quaint
blurred
clandestine
unimaginable
clouded
many-faceted
apocryphal
evasive
Delphian
preposterous
dumfounding
fuzzy
up in the air
open to question
stunning
astonishing
eye-popping
staggering
unintuitive
astounding
hinky
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
incongruous
multivocal
shrouded
cloaked
improbable
absurd
mazelike
cryptical
bemusing
teasing
covert
stumping
stickling
uninterpretable
settling nothing
proving nothing
disingenuous
malicious
entrapping
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
labyrinthal
dumbfounding
periphrastic
prevaricating
circumlocutory
suspicious
technical
illegible
incredible
blurry
duplicitous
Greek
self-contradictory
ironic
anomalous
oxymoronic
far-out
extraordinary
really hard
very hard
unexplicit
muzzy
shifty
disreputable
ridiculous
not easily understood
gray
US
grey
UK
all Greek to someone
double Dutch
beats me
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
ludicrous
wild
all Greek to you
manifold
disarranged
disorganized
US
hard to swallow
varied
disordered
unheard of
disorganised
UK
kaleidoscopic
thorough
captious
particularized
US
painstaking
extensive
full
particular
studied
unsure
laboured
UK
perfected
careful
minute
exact
precise
labored
US
circumstantial
skilful
UK
imposing
skillful
US
prodigious
gingerbread
overdone
overworked
particularised
UK
refined
fanciful
eerie
far-fetched
high tech
blow-by-blow
highly wrought
unpredictable
unforeseeable
indistinguishable
speculative
incalculable
undetermined
undefined
unlikely
freaky
outlandish
spooky
freakish
iffy
hesitant
muffled
dicey
intangible
wavering
dodgy
irresolute
weak
vacillating
unforeseen
unthinkable
flustering
overwhelming
whimsical
unannounced
portentous
unanticipated
discomfiting
jarring
unwonted
nonplussing
uncommon
jolting
shattering
unordinary
nonplusing
dismaying
upsetting
conspicuous
in the balance
in doubt
ill-defined
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
conscientious
accurate
diligent
methodical
attentive
studious
correct
laborious
religious
ultra-careful
precisionist
literalist
literalistic
formalist
purist
scholastic
pettifogging
casuistical
casuistic
sophistical
sophistic
exhaustive
sharp
mathematical
prim
cautious
proper
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
close
microscopic
pinpoint
sensitive
hairline
duteous
spot-on
right
white-glove
dotting the i's
crossing the t's
pure
puritanical
prudish
keen
stuffy
perceptive
acute
Victorian
strait-laced
schoolmarmish
rejective
scolding
humbling
diagnostic
calumniatory
belittling
severe
niggling
biting
derogatory
analytical
lowering
critic
judgy
exceptive
reproachful
trenchant
sarcastic
cutting
penetrating
contemptuous
choleric
condemning
withering
satirical
stern
conventional
deliberate
judicious
orderly
industrious
provident
thoughtful
faithful
dedicated
full
circumspect
intensive
solid
searching
observant
elaborate
regardful
thoroughgoing
concerned
selfdisciplined
chary
by the book
in-depth
loving
by the numbers
going to great lengths
discreet
strenuous
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
trying
wretched
unenviable
distasteful
grievous
rough
brutal
rugged
onerous
thankless
burdensome
excruciating
heavy
taxing
cruel
stiff
inhuman
horrible
horrendous
horrifying
weighty
stressful
searing
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
troubling
hefty
galling
foul
poor
execrable
unsettling
horrid
horrific
rotten
hellacious
appalling
unpalatable
fraught
abominable
disconcerting
torturous
atrocious
rough going
stark
ghastly
menacing
fierce
ferocious
spartan
nasty
rigorous
daunting
savage
uncomfortable
jarring
frightful
disadvantageous
unwelcoming
grinding
inclement
intemperate
intense
disquieting
untoward
displeasing
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
discomforting
tortuous
biting
wild
shocking
intolerable
stringent
hideous
gruesome
Spartan
bare-bones
overwhelming
insufferable
barren
crushing
unspeakable
revolting
godawful
grisly
fearsome
intimidating
unendurable
wearing
unbearable
frightening
terrifying
macabre
disgusting
gory
grating
untimely
glaring
glary
repugnant
concerning
unsuited
strong
blinding
dazzling
inopportune
inconvenient
infelicitous
unlucky
unpromising
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
unseasonable
hair-raising
ill-suited
unaesthetic
coarse
grotesque
disagreeing
painful
poignant
agonizing
US
heartbreaking
vexatious
ruthless
heart-rending
unrelenting
unsavoury
UK
yukky
hurtful
yucky
afflicting
heartrending
traumatic
unhappy
merciless
unsavory
US
tormenting
tragic
relentless
sour
wicked
remorseless
icky
mortifying
great
sore
distressful
agonising
UK
offensive
calamitous
hard-hearted
gut-wrenching
provoking
annoying
afflictive
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
contrary
refractory
intractable
obstreperous
ungovernable
froward
balky
bolshie
awkward
perverse
fractious
troublesome
stroppy
rebel
headstrong
incompliant
restive
obstinate
untoward
recusant
mutinous
unaccommodating
disobliging
wild
unhelpful
unreasonable
contrarious
obstructive
bloody-minded
thrawn
cussed
incontrollable
obdurate
unyielding
quarrelsome
noncompliant
ornery
turbulent
pigheaded
resistant
unwilling
out of control
pervicacious
out of hand
inflexible
impossible
mulish
riotous
renitent
lawless
vexatious
obstinately disobedient
annoying
antagonistic
dissident
cross-grained
anarchic
inimical
unbending
troublemaking
uncompromising
irrepressible
disaffected
violent
boisterous
unbiddable
bull-headed
insurgent
impish
seditious
dissentient
uncontrolled
nonconformist
hard to handle
spiteful
factious
non-compliant
crabby
militant
irritable
unamenable
stiff-necked
intransigent
unpredictable
disputatious
unresponsive
capricious
disagreeable
unrestrained
lawbreaking
opposing
reckless
indomitable
unfriendly
negative
unbridled
unsympathetic
opinionated
contentious
treacherous
radical
attention-seeking
aberrant
insurrectionary
ill-natured
antipathetic
adverse
uncongenial
sinful
negativistic
wrong
passive-aggressive
threatening
strong-willed
tetchy
grouchy
contradictory
inimitable
grumpy
ill-tempered
sulky
tricky
nonobservant
limit
resistive
flyaway
unpersuadable
unmalleable
bad-tempered
narky
ratty
shirty
choleric
blocking
stalling
restrictive
inhibiting
delaying
touchy
stubborn as a mule
chippy
unpliable
problem
unconstructive
hindering
fickle
incommodious
discommodious
bullheaded
inconsiderate
unsupportive
unadaptable
determined
challenging
disputative
frustrating
making difficulties
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
arsey
disagreeing
paradoxical
rock-ribbed
immovable
thorny
burdensome
knotty
uproarious
difficult to handle
unobliging
converse
wrongheaded
tumultuous
raucous
chaotic
nuts
outrageous
madcap
crazy
insurmountable
hysterical
berserk
rumbustious
rambunctious
tempestuous
revolutionary
uncivil
discourteous
rampageous
intolerable
unbearable
undependable
sticky
rampaging
not giving an inch
complex
insoluble
malcontent
disloyal
resisting
intemperate
insubmissive
unpleasant
impetuous
withstanding
misbehaved
anarchical
immoral
arbitrary
impulsive
unreciprocating
noncooperating
unreciprocate
noncooperative
nonreciprocal
unamiable
playful
rash
self-indulgent
warring
armed
restless
sabotaging
alienated
individualistic
iconoclastic
treasonable
anarchistic
attacking
impervious
imprudent
forward
inexorable
assertive
heedless
pig-headed
impolite
wicked
out of line
impossible to cope with
tricksy
puckish
brattish
scampish
prankish
not cooperative
morose
teasing
gallus
fiendish
wanton
worthless
shrewish
tough
evil
offending
sinning
erring
deviant
bad-mannered
full of mischief
adversarial
culpable
guilty
criminal
transgressing
dissenting
straying
angry
oppositional
opposed
unorthodox
miscreant
shifting
stray
heretic
devious
fallible
deviating
unreliable
meandering
errable
vitriolic
jaundiced
inhospitable
wrathful
virulent
conflicting
disapproving
dissentious
uncomplying
opposite
unsociable
reluctant
adversative
unreceptive
accusatorial
allergic
ill-disposed
at odds
oppugnant
oppugning
off straight and narrow
subversive
insurrectionist
up in arms
renegade
schismatic
rioting
estranged
feisty
divisive
noisy
sectarian
fighting
warlike
gladiatorial
agonistic
partisan
rival
traitorous
heretical
firm
litigious
rigid
dogged
implacable
adamant
apostate
unrelenting
disordered
pertinacious
relentless
separatist
disorganized
US
steadfast
antisocial
fixed
adamantine
hardheaded
offensive
remorseless
unshakable
disorganised
UK
tenacious
brawling
contending
persistent
persevering
iron
unbendable
spoiling for a fight
fiery
brassbound
ungoverned
grim
irascible
mule
out-of-line
brawly
assaultive
pushy
single-minded
out-of-order
die-hard
without law and order
set in one's ways
militaristic
martial
on the warpath
ready to fight
irreconcilable
haughty
maverick
treasonous
mutinying
troubled
divided
split
cross
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
quarrelling
UK
impotent
rampant
unsettling
disturbing
upsetting
guerrilla
untrained
disharmonious
clashing
antigovernment
unsteady
unschooled
resistance
loath
averse
indisposed
hesitant
distracting
loud
discontented
unlawful
controversial
drunken
bawdy
conspiratorial
ugly
rollicking
roisterous
inconsistent
confused
deranged
turbid
hedonistic
uncontained
dissatisfied
irregular
indisciplined
helter-skelter
misruled
misgoverned
secessionist
termagant
declinatory
refusing
divergent
mixed-up
impatient
objecting
declining
disrupting
off-base
mercenary
quarreling
US
at variance
at loggerheads
in disorder
lacking self-control
drunk
clamorous
knockabout
hell-raising
robustious
rackety
factional
frustrated
resentful
splinter
out-of-control
in turmoil
active
vigorous
underground
black
loutish
causing trouble
disgruntled
unsubmissive
seceding
roughhouse
apathetic
cynical
disillusioned
fed up
indifferent
on-a-tear
ultra-active
two-fisted
forceful
extremist
extreme
combating
salty
provocative
daring
audacious
fanatical
zealous
enthusiastic
embattled
biffo
aggers
disregardful
cheeky
dareful
sassy
gutsy
anti
ready for a fight
military
warrish
in arms
assertory
have a bone to pick
having a chip on one's shoulder
self-assertive
itching to fight
unsocial
unacceptable
objectionable
distasteful
menacing
asocial
independent
unconnected
autonomous
separate
breakaway
nonaligned
alternative
against
raunchy
artful
kiddish
infantile
sly
frolicsome
foxy
bothersome
ruffianly
thoughtless
immature
childish
disrespectful
sociopathic
battling
malevolent
hawkish
dead set against
hostile to
disinclined to accept
inimical to
opposed to
averse to
reluctant to accept
unenthusiastic about
unwilling to accept
harmful
warmongering
snarly
wrestling
bloodthirsty
tilting
ferocious
skirmishing
sabre-rattling
under arms
beyond the pale
more ❯
“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
disturbing
annoying
disruptive
incommoding
problematic
irritating
aggravating
vexing
tiresome
unhandy
vexatious
unmanageable
unwieldy
pestiferous
cumbersome
infelicitous
badly timed
remote
prejudicial
embarrassing
disobliging
inapt
precocious
early
premature
contrary
worrisome
distressing
challenging
disagreeable
bad
prohibitive
tough
testing
disastrous
trying
untoward
unlucky
ominous
unwelcome
negative
threatening
damaging
destructive
unpromising
unsuited
regrettable
calamitous
harmful
counter
ill
opposed
inadvisable
disparaging
hostile
ill-advised
gloomy
unfriendly
ill-suited
inconducive
harsh
unhappy
inimical
poor
very bad
unsynchronized
inept
hasty
ill-judged
misjudged
intrusive
unsatisfactory
antagonistic
unadvantageous
ungodly
hurtful
deleterious
injurious
unsympathetic
out of keeping
obtrusive
pejorative
debit-side
dyslogistic
depreciative
slighting
depreciatory
derogatory
detracting
downside
impractical
menacing
terrible
forbidding
foreboding
dreadful
unpleasant
grim
wretched
direful
perilous
inhospitable
on the debit side
bleak
dire
dangerous
worrying
nasty
ill-fated
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
bad
awful
horrible
distasteful
uncomfortable
terrible
horrific
objectionable
irksome
unpalatable
disconcerting
horrid
horrifying
severe
daunting
loathsome
vile
galling
frightful
foul
abominable
lousy
harsh
ghastly
execrable
horrendous
macabre
forbidding
torturous
atrocious
gruesome
revolting
rotten
fraught
hairy
nightmarish
grisly
grave
cruel
hellacious
mean
monstrous
hostile
disagreeable
unwelcome
oppressed
vicious
stark
hard
brutal
savage
undesirable
concerning
fearful
displeasing
unappealing
repellent
repugnant
irritating
annoying
abhorrent
uncongenial
unpleasing
unsatisfactory
thankless
off-putting
affecting
pitiless
merciless
ruthless
abysmal
impoverished
repulsive
disgusting
pathetic
awkward
mortifying
gross
offensive
detestable
unsavory
US
odious
icky
nauseating
uninviting
sickening
obnoxious
yukky
yucky
grody
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
sour
repellant
unenviable
invidious
unrewarding
fruitless
unfulfilling
haunting
moving
depressed
drear
poverty-stricken
fierce
mournful
dingy
piteous
plangent
derisible
pensive
lugubrious
dark
very bad
intense
tear-jerking
mighty
terribly bad
trying
harmful
hateful
acute
crashing
injurious
destructive
bothersome
uncoveted
unwanted
dismaying
rancid
pesky
wicked
austere
testing
parlous
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
irritable
bewildering
frustrating
foreboding
troubled
mephitical
perplexing
hellish
unpropitious
unkind
sinister
vexing
revulsive
unamusing
inauspicious
aggravating
ominous
distressed
sullen
unattractive
unpopular
unwished-for
humourless
UK
sober
crummy
humorless
US
unbearable
solemn
stinking
unendurable
hideous
lurid
unacceptable
sedate
diabolical
uncool
grotty
godawful
ugly
nauseous
anguished
beastly
extremely bad
heartbroken
grieving
agonized
US
plaintive
wailing
funeral
bewailing
bemoaning
regretful
deploring
weeping
aching
forlorn
agonised
UK
tearful
teary
woebegone
blue
dejected
grief-stricken
despondent
afflicted
crestfallen
abject
brokenhearted
downcast
down
despairing
downhearted
low
heartsick
cast down
inconsolable
broken-hearted
heartsore
down in the mouth
low-spirited
down in the dumps
black
saddened
heavyhearted
droopy
hangdog
calamitous
suffering
morbid
elegiac
sorrowing
ruthful
godforsaken
touching
sepulchral
heavy-hearted
saturnine
lonesome
elegiacal
tortured
mourning
lonely
plutonian
tenebrous
tenebrific
dreich
sunless
tormented
Cimmerian
dull
spiritless
dour
gray
US
chill
murky
darkening
grey
UK
dolent
shameful
devastated
cloudy
mopey
down-and-out
in pain
lamenting
to be pitied
wounded
drearisome
heavy
racked
hurting
unwelcoming
out of sorts
dim
inhospitable
bare
bland
clinical
draggy
impersonal
critical
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
squalid
stirring
in the dumps
commiserable
sordid
hapless
disastrous
luckless
catastrophic
inferior
cataclysmic
ruinous
disgraceful
intolerable
indigent
scurvy
scungy
devastating
wistful
angst-ridden
desperate
cut up
chronic
weepy
bowed down
dragged
heinous
in sorrow
in mourning
full of sorrow
sunk in gloom
direful
feel-bad
base
emotional
heartsickening
distraught
traumatized
US
beseeching
ruined
entreating
imploring
upset
traumatised
UK
misfortunate
ill-fated
tender
disenchanting
outcast
meager
US
ill-starred
bleeding
dolorific
meagre
UK
ill-advised
in distress
threnodic
dirge-like
in anguish
heavy with grief
dirgeful
commiserative
depressant
bereft
hurt
blameworthy
reprehensible
wrong
serious
anxious
discontented
strained
worthless
have the blahs
moody
harrowed
destroyed
pained
ailing
discouraged
singing the blues
inopportune
egregious
downbeat
pessimistic
dangerous
fed up
on a downer
defeatist
racked with suffering
racked with pain
sick at heart
dicey
choked
too bad
hazardous
perilous
risky
precarious
gutted
in low spirits
down and out
torn up
in the doldrums
helpless
bummed
powerless
downtrodden
unstable
dodgy
a pity
despicable
contemptible
nostalgic
unpromising
long-faced
in the pits
trashy
shoddy
filthy
outrageous
chap-fallen
destitute
derisory
irredeemable
irretrievable
cataclysmal
adverse
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
leaden
slow
ponderous
jejune
stodgy
colourless
UK
colorless
US
stuffy
tame
wearying
tiring
jading
numbing
monochromatic
arid
old
stupid
drudging
weary
dusty
ho-hum
unexciting
prosaic
insipid
lifeless
bland
vapid
uninspiring
uninspired
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
commonplace
uneventful
run-of-the-mill
unimaginative
routine
mundane
spiritless
plodding
trite
sterile
unvaried
characterless
blah
samey
unremarkable
tired
unvarying
fatiguing
workaday
repetitious
wishy-washy
ordinary
mediocre
barren
dead
everyday
nondescript
wooden
soporific
repetitive
quotidian
enervating
exhausting
prosy
bromidic
banausic
feeble
vacuous
bloodless
weak
limp
monochrome
ho hum
lame
unstimulating
stiff
mechanical
draggy
common
nothing
featureless
lustreless
nowhere
dim
torpid
unanimated
inoffensive
dull as dishwater
anaemic
UK
sluggish
zestless
uniform
hackneyed
antiseptic
anemic
US
non-stimulating
dullsville
dreich
soul-destroying
middle-of-the-road
unrelieved
inane
unchanging
depressing
lacking variety
vanilla
nothing to write home about
monotone
unmemorable
mindless
matter-of-fact
pallid
unpassioned
unlively
lusterless
empty
pedantic
stilted
innocuous
expressionless
plain
soulless
toneless
unoriginal
derivative
downcast
white-bread
usual
dull as ditchwater
desolate
bog-standard
weariful
dragging
platitudinous
unenjoyable
dismal
unentertaining
unexceptional
day-to-day
treadmill
deadly dull
yawnsome
plain vanilla
big yawn
no great shakes
common or garden
lacking excitement
lacking interest
undistinctive
neutral
indistinct
uninterested
tepid
cardboard
irritating
annoying
forced
depressed
sleep-inducing
conventional
unobjectionable
formal
harmless
mainstream
safe
boresome
vexatious
halfhearted
diluted
staid
quiet
sleepy
slack
droning
verbose
fuddy-duddy
overlong
boiled down
without punch
bleak
dowdy
stagnant
threadbare
normal
typical
customary
regular
weighty
prolix
unproductive
unprogressive
inactive
wintery
UK
raw
sorrowful
dispiriting
damp
oppressive
wintry
US
windy
interminable
pabulum
mortal
poky
snooze
gray
US
deadening
passionless
unspirited
grey
UK
irksome
plebeian
undistinguished
without variety
pointless
vacant
garden variety
garden-variety
uncreative
endless
one-horse
hard to digest
monotonic
all the same
reiterated
recurrent
sing-song
samely
unchanged
unfeeling
milk-and-water
watery
unexcited
mat
dulled
unexpressive
matte
average
unpoetic
nitty-gritty
literal
terrestrial
unemotional
unsentimental
unvarnished
factual
unembellished
clear
unadorned
dead-and-alive
uninflected
a dime a dozen
flat as pancake
puts one to sleep
half-pie
OK
so-so
deadpan
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
sapless
muted
whitebread
not fun
long-drawn-out
truistic
lead balloon
namby-pamby
not so hot
apathetic
listless
not up to much
passive
lethargic
emotionless
static
cold
slothful
hollow
inexpressive
joyless
lank
spent
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
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
cross
ratty
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
annoyed
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
peeved
vehement
aggravated
irritated
indignant
narked
unindulgent
irked
tooshie
vinegarish
arsey
murmuring
plaintive
censorious
having short fuse
hot under collar
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
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
embittered
frowning
uncommunicative
unmannerly
fierce
rancorous
sombre
UK
somber
US
stern
forbidding
unresponsive
severe
ferocious
grim
offended
flinty
steely
wrathful
ticklish
serious
austere
hostile
unhappy
upset
stony
intimidating
louring
lowering
solemn
grave
agitated
unkind
excitable
savage
hateful
miffed
envenomed
catty
malign
hard
vitriolic
mean-looking
hot-headed
easily upset
uninviting
crude
rough
unapproachable
formidable
virulent
threatening
menacing
scathing
choked
malevolent
grudging
antagonistic
sarcastic
jaundiced
dismal
caustic
impulsive
hurt
distressed
vexed
nettled
riled
worried
pernicious
provoked
inflammable
atrabilious
taciturn
hurtful
wounded
acerbic
sardonic
ungentle
stark
worked up
sober
poisonous
sourpussed
dejected
irate
put out
joyless
sulking
bleak
sharp-tongued
fed up
no-nonsense
bluff
offhand
unceremonious
disrespectful
hypersensitive
off
offish
bad
wicked
uncongenial
boisterous
unaccommodating
ungenerous
stressy
aggressive
pugnacious
unruly
recalcitrant
tempersome
bellyaching
owly
beefing
refractory
lugubrious
snarly
zowerswopped
apt to fly off the handle
dreary
scornful
toey
emotional
froward
spunky
acute
dicey
jumpy
hazardous
unsafe
unpredictable
highly strung
perturbable
Eeyorish
perversely irritable
mopish
poker-faced
restless
restive
indomitable
uncompliant
indocile
wild
distant
aloof
pessimistic
with a long face
strict
rugged
agitable
broody
wired up
wound up
fell
stiff
sinister
belligerent
hate-filled
bad-humored
sharp-tempered
blue
neurotic
kittle
mopy
skittish
like a bear
bundle of nerves
got up on wrong side of bed
disapproving
unsympathetic
resolute
begrudging
aggrieved
gray
US
grey
UK
melancholic
hard-faced
stringent
stewed
angered
insulted
high-strung
irreconcilable
boot-faced
easily frightened
easily agitated
with chip on shoulder
hard done by
grudge-bearing
with a chip on your shoulder
ill-disposed
mordant
trenchant
inconsiderate
maleficent
cutting
overwrought
distraught
uncomfortable
anxious
stressed
fidgety
barbed
faultfinding
crass
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
uncharitable
malefic
disappointed
withering
biting
ungentlemanly
ungallant
unchivalrous
mordacious
vulgar
wrought up
ill at ease
coarse
het up
stinging
vitriolous
ignorant
base
perturbed
harried
flustered
disheartened
rustic
clodhopping
lowbred
unneighborly
corrosive
astringent
afflicted
infuriated
disturbed
harassed
discouraged
bothered
wounding
acidulous
searing
burning
maddened
incensed
tormented
troubled
inflamed
furious
bad-mannered
slashing
rapier-like
evil-intentioned
dripping with malice
razor-edged
squint-eyed
unfulfilled
fuming
enraged
defeated
unsatisfied
frustrated
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
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
aggers
spoiling for a fight
mean
militaristic
oppugnant
inhospitable
nasty
testy
unfriendly
snarly
hawkish
warmongering
bolshie
sabre-rattling
challenging
martial
biffo
rebellious
destructive
have a bone to pick
narky
sullen
jingoistic
rancorous
snappish
loudmouthed
provocative
angry
malevolent
prickly
bloodthirsty
negativistic
pushy
contending
dissentient
military
passive-aggressive
salty
ferocious
disagreeable
ardent
hot
flip
at loggerheads
have it in for
up in arms
having a chip on one's shoulder
on the outs
ready to fight
uncooperative
cussed
soldierly
gung-ho
adverse
disruptive
acrimonious
naysaying
sanguinary
attacking
menacing
forbidding
hard
harsh
glowering
stern
covertly narcissistic
rough
looking for trouble
spiky
opinionated
dissenting
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
disagreeing
determined
plucky
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
under arms
assertive
vigorous
intimidating
itching
browbeating
terrorizing
US
bullying
terrorising
UK
self-assertive
itching to fight
radical
ultra-active
extremist
two-fisted
extreme
forceful
combating
fanatical
embattled
zealous
splenetic
miffy
exasperated
abusive
surly
warrish
revolutionary
assertory
grumpy
cranky
soreheaded
unkind
antipathetic
fretful
mighty
peppery
in arms
short-tempered
battleful
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
moving
invigorating
US
dramatic
envigorating
UK
heady
lively
gripping
animating
inspiriting
energizing
US
spirited
inspirational
riveting
emotional
energetic
energising
UK
anthemic
stem-winding
arousing
spine-tingling
dynamic
enlivening
fascinating
sensational
provocative
eye-popping
animated
stimulative
impassioned
emotive
passionate
emotion-charged
soul-stirring
incredible
magnificent
uplifting
vigorous
awesome
exhilarant
wondrous
sexy
powerful
impressive
thought-provoking
exalting
striking
fabulous
enchanting
enthusiastic
hearty
astounding
enthralling
awe-inspiring
refreshing
encouraging
provoking
motivating
mind-altering
explosive
shocking
suspenseful
intense
wild
awakening
cliffhanging
action-packed
knife-edge
galvanical
inflammatory
strong
agitational
potent
stupefying
inconceivable
hallucinatory
psychedelic
absorbing
captivating
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
causing excitement
elating
hallucinogenic
compulsive
tense
volatile
buzzy
jolting
adrenalized
motivational
affecting
brilliant
fantastic
ripping
adrenaline-fueled
boisterous
rollicking
riotous
uproarious
heartening
vibrant
influential
triggering
persuasive
instigating
inciting
meaningful
impactful
piquing
affective
poignant
memorable
touching
instigative
impelling
vitalizing
compelling
miraculous
beautiful
jaw-dropping
nerve-racking
edge-of-the-seat
adrenaline-charged
delightful
fab
bracing
revitalizing
US
cheering
gladdening
amazeballs
intriguing
interesting
shaking
trembling
frantic
blood-tingling
exquisite
swinging
shivering
quaking
large
boss
mad
vibrating
zero cool
shuddering
sparkling
entertaining
piquant
heart-stirring
giddy
revitalising
UK
quickening
animative
elevating
exhilaratory
out of this world
adrenalizing
exalté
appealing
hectic
titillating
giving one food for thought
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
glum
exigent
profound
staid
sedate
stern
pivotal
severe
humourless
UK
gloomy
acute
dour
portentous
grim
austere
of great importance
life and death
of great consequence
downbeat
cold sober
sad
big deal
quiet
humorless
US
uncomic
underlined
no-nonsense
matter of life and death
major-league
pressing
integral
essential
intense
noteworthy
almighty
core
pertinent
focal
large
sweeping
central
capital
worthwhile
ponderous
notable
large-scale
mighty
top-priority
impactful
burning
grand
striking
cardinal
of note
of concern
life-changing
imperative
huge
worthy
determinative
deep
indispensable
sizeable
solid
intrinsic
primary
real
sturdy
firm
strong
respectable
great
sound
marked
substantive
extraordinary
dire
pronounced
imposing
much
extensive
massive
good
ample
useful
durable
healthy
pointed
instrumental
telling
especial
immediate
overriding
salient
foremost
determining
big-deal
superabundant
abundant
vast
steady
high-profile
top-level
overshadowing
high-level
dangerous
grievous
big-league
more ❯
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
down at heel
ruined
insolvent
crippled
broken
hard up
bust
boracic
dirt-poor
down-and-out
in distressed circumstances
famished
threadbare
wiped out
in straitened circumstances
disadvantaged
deprived
underprivileged
flat
hurting
have-not
clean
boracic lint
low-income
on skid row
without a bean
without a red cent
on one's uppers
badly off
out at elbows
out of pocket
down on luck
without two brass farthings to rub together
short
short of money
without a brass farthing
unprosperous
in the red
stony-broke
depressed
wanting
busted
cashless
bad off
stone-broke
on the rocks
unable to keep the wolf from the door
stony
in debt
fortuneless
homeless
lacking
dead broke
truly needy
hard-pressed
up against it
on one's beam-ends
tapped out
in Chapter 11
without two pennies farthings to rub together
unlucky
unfortunate
out of money
suffering
rundown
derelict
indebted
shabby
seedy
struggling
neglected
handicapped
economically disadvantaged
empty-handed
in need of
in the gutter
low-paid
in distress
behind eight ball
on the bread line
without a penny to one's name
in a bad way
on one's beam ends
without a shot in one's locker
poor as a church mouse
economically deprived
financially disadvantaged
bankrupted
unfavored
pathetic
abject
unaffluent
extremely poor
stripped
totaled
divested
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