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What is another word for strained relationship?

The term strained relationship typically refers to a relationship which is challenging or difficult.

Here's a list of synonyms for difficult.

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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

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature

Dangerous or full of peril

(of a literary work) Overly serious or difficult

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

Challenging to describe, impossible to put into words, or inarticulate

Of considerable importance or seriousness

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Adjective

Requiring great effort or exertion

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

pick-and-shovel

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

full of problems

beset by problems

character-building

difficult going

no piece of cake

emotionally draining

life-threatening

causing discomfort

difficult to achieve

not to be borne

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“He prepared himself for the difficult task of running the marathon.”

Adjective

Hard to comprehend mentally

incomprehensible

thought-provoking

beyond comprehension

beyond one's grasp

full of twists and turns

hard to explain

above your head

over one's head

difficult to understand

hard to understand

as clear as mud

full of surprises

clear as dishwater

between the lines

impossible to understand

difficult to follow

without a solution

unable to be solved

confrontational

out of the ordinary

uncharacteristic

open to question

indistinguishable

dishonorable^US

uncomprehensible

beyond understanding

dishonourable^UK

cloak-and-dagger

unrepresentative

out of the common

under suspicion

open to argument

weird and wonderful

not quite right

shrouded in mystery

personalized^US

uninterpretable

breaking new ground

potentially illegal

potentially dishonest

all Greek to someone

all Greek to you

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

not easily understood

unanalysable^UK

difficult to believe

personalised^UK

of doubtful honesty

unrecognized^US

yet to be decided

unrecognised^UK

unanalyzable^US

foreign-looking

hard to describe

impossible to interpret

like nothing on earth

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“Bobby had to give up on the Sudoku puzzle as it was too difficult.”

Adjective

Not easy to please or satisfy

unaccommodating

over-particular

high-maintenance

over-censorious

hard to satisfy

pass-remarkable

difficult to please

over-fastidious

impossible to please

easily disgusted

overly solicitous

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“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

set in one's ways

stubborn as a mule

self-opinionated

with one's toes dug in

with one's feet dug in

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“Juliet had been a difficult child all along. Her adoptive parents found it hard to manage her.”

Adjective

Characterized by causing hardships or problems

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

disadvantageous

looking on the dark side

looking on the black side

given to looking on the black side

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

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“We are living through a difficult economic climate where unemployment is high.”

Adjective

Disobedient in nature

“Charlie was a difficult child who would throw regular tantrums.”

Adjective

Inopportune or inconvenient

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

uncomplimentary

lacking in propriety

beyond the pale

disproportionate

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“Your request for a favor has come at a difficult time.”

Adjective

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

heart-wrenching

unfavourable^UK

poverty-stricken

anxiety provoking

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Adjective

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

like herding cats

discountenancing

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Adjective

Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature

unaccommodating

individualistic

passive-aggressive

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

undisciplinable

obstinately disobedient

as cross as two sticks

on a short fuse

confrontational

ill-disciplined

attention-seeking

difficult to handle

insurrectionary

having short fuse

hot under collar

stubborn as a mule

huffy irascible

unreciprocating

not cooperative

full of mischief

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

impossible to cope with

off straight and narrow

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Adjective

Dangerous or full of peril

jeopardising^UK

jeopardizing^US

fraught with danger

playing with fire

Russian roulette

life-threatening

hanging by a thread

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

on slippery ground

hanging by thread

on collision course

easily threatened

full of upheavals

potentially violent

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Adjective

(of a literary work) Overly serious or difficult

incomprehensible

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

soul-destroying

non-stimulating

middle-of-the-road

lacking variety

nothing to write home about

dull as ditchwater

common or garden

no great shakes

lacking excitement

lacking interest

unobjectionable

without variety

undistinguished

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

straightforward

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

lacking variation

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Adjective

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

open to discussion

open to question

under discussion

yet to be decided

on the back burner

up for discussion

far from certain

open for discussion

yet to be settled

not yet settled

under advisement

under examination

subject to debate

betwixt and between

not yet established

bone of contention

a matter of opinion

between rock and hard place

a controversial subject

between sixes and sevens

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Adjective

Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

spoiling for a fight

have a bone to pick

having a chip on one's shoulder

passive-aggressive

looking for trouble

covertly narcissistic

itching to fight

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Adjective

Having a muddy or sticky consistency

soaked to the skin

like a drowned rat

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Adjective

Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind

out of this world

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

hard to swallow

too good to be true

out-of-this-world

emotion-charged

thought-provoking

incomprehensible

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

like a dream come true

beyond the realm of reason

state-of-the-art

beyond one's wildest dreams

scarcely credible

hard to believe

better than expected

never to be forgotten

causing excitement

surpassing belief

giving one food for thought

revitalising^UK

revitalizing^US

adrenaline-fueled

attention-grabbing

inapprehensible

not understandable

adrenaline-charged

edge-of-the-seat

difficult to believe

won't hold water

not to be thought of

extremely implausible

out of the question

extremely unlikely

imcomprehensible

extremely doubtful

beyond the bounds of possibility

extremely difficult to believe

not in the least likely

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Adjective

Challenging to describe, impossible to put into words, or inarticulate

unpronounceable

Adjective

Of considerable importance or seriousness

earth-shattering

of great import

of significance

no laughing matter

of great consequence

of great importance

matter of life and death

earthshattering

world-shattering

ground-breaking

carrying a lot of weight

hanging by thread

worthy of attention

a great deal of

a fair amount of

life-threatening

of great moment

of vital importance

extremely important

vitally important

of the utmost importance

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