adj. |
[1] |
hard
,
hard
,
arduous
,
toilsome
,
strenuous
,
tough
,
laborious
,
burdensome
,
onerous
,
demanding
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[2] |
puzzling
,
unmanageable
,
perplexing
,
baffling
,
enigmatic(al)
,
profound
,
abstruse
,
obscure
,
recondite
,
complex
,
thorny
,
intricate
,
sensitive
,
knotty
,
problematic(al)
,
ticklish
,
scabrous
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[3] |
intractable
,
recalcitrant
,
obstructive
,
stubborn
,
unmanageable
,
obstinate
,
contrary
,
unaccommodating
,
refractory
,
unyielding
,
uncompromising
,
naughty
,
ill-behaved
,
(Colloq) (Brit) bloody-minded
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[4] |
troubled
,
troubling
,
tough
,
burdensome
,
onerous
,
demanding
,
trying
,
hard
,
grim
,
dark
,
unfavourable
,
straitening
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[5] |
fussy
,
particular
,
demanding
,
finicky
,
finical
,
fastidious
,
critical
,
troublesome
,
difficile
,
awkward
,
(Colloq) nit-picking
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