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difficult
Synonyms and Antonyms of difficult
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requiring considerable physical or mental effort
arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky
bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying
annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
Synonym Discussion of difficult
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- farming is hard work
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- the difficult ascent of the mountain
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- the arduous task of rebuilding
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