What is another word for difficult?
892 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɪfɪkə͡lt], [ dˈɪfɪkəlt], [ d_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_k_əl_t]
When expressing challenges or problems, the word "difficult" is commonly used. However, there are many synonyms to it that could enrich a writer's vocabulary and avoid repeating the same word. Examples of these are "arduous," "demanding," "exacting," and "formidable." "Challenging," "grueling," "trying," and "troublesome" also convey the idea of something being hard to deal with or overcome. "Problematic," "complicated," "complex," and "tricky" are other words that could be used to describe tough situations. Overall, using synonyms for "difficult" allows for a more nuanced and varied communication of the challenges we face in our daily lives.
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Similar words for difficult:
- adverse (adjective)
- complex (adjective)
- complicated (adjective)
- confusing (adjective)
- crotchety (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- dicey (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- feisty (adjective)
- insoluble (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- metaphysical (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- opaque (adjective)
- painful (adjective)
- recondite (adjective)
- refractory (adjective)
- serious (adjective)
- strained (adjective)
- ungracious (adjective)
- unintelligible (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambitious (adjective)
- awkward (adjective)
- burdensome (adjective)
- byzantine (adjective)
- contrarious (adjective)
- crabby (adjective)
- crabby/crabbed (adjective)
- demanding (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- embarrassing (adjective)
- exacting (adjective)
- finicky (adjective)
- fussy (adjective)
- hairy (adjective)
- hard on someone; hard to do (adjective)
- hazardous (adjective)
- incommodious (adjective)
- inconvenient (adjective)
- inscrutable (adjective)
- intricate (adjective)
- involved (adjective)
- knotty (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- mystifying (adjective)
- onerous (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- puzzling (adjective)
- rebellious (adjective)
- rugged (adjective)
- tall (adjective)
- taxing (adjective)
- treacherous (adjective)
- troublesome (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- unforgiving (adjective)
- unmanageable socially (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- baffling (noun)
- catchy (noun)
- difficult (noun)
- closed (verb)
- abstruse
- arcane
- circuitous
- demanding
- disquieting
- exhausting
- forced
- incomprehensible
- insolvable
- involved
- mysterious
- mystical
- oppressive
- puzzling
- tough
- troublesome
- unexplainable
- unobtainable
- other relevant words (adjective)
Synonyms for Difficult:
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adj.
• adverse- adverse ,
- antipathetic ,
- calamitous ,
- catastrophic ,
- detrimental ,
- disastrous ,
- distressful ,
- grievous ,
- hard ,
- inauspicious ,
- miserable ,
- opposing ,
- perilous ,
- tragic ,
- unfavorable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfriendly ,
- unlucky ,
- unpropitious ,
- untoward ,
- woeful .
- arduous ,
- bothersome ,
- cantankerous ,
- contrary ,
- cumbersome ,
- formidable ,
- grinding ,
- harsh ,
- laborious ,
- oppressive ,
- rough ,
- severe ,
- strenuous ,
- thorny ,
- ticklish ,
- tight ,
- tough ,
- tricky ,
- trying ,
- uphill ,
- wearing ,
- wearisome ,
- wearying ,
- scabrous ,
- stiff .
- Stickling ,
- easily disgusted ,
- fussbudgety ,
- hard to please ,
- nit-picky ,
- over-nice ,
- overdelicate ,
- finical ,
- overnice .
- hardnosed ,
- liverish ,
- low-down and dirty ,
- low-down dirty ,
- the lowest ,
- toucher ,
- lowdown and dirty ,
- snide .
- Discarnate ,
- Supermundane ,
- Supramundane ,
- Unfleshly ,
- jesuitic ,
- non-material ,
- non-physical ,
- nonmaterial ,
- oversubtle ,
- suprahuman ,
- supranatural ,
- unphysical ,
- nonphysical ,
- superhuman .
- extremely bad ,
- nagging ,
- smarting ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- in flamed ,
- in-flamed ,
- more hurting ,
- more saddening ,
- more throbbing ,
- most saddening ,
- most throbbing .
- no joke ,
- no laughing matter ,
- of consequence ,
- out for blood ,
- smoking ,
- sobering ,
- strictly business ,
- unamusing ,
- unhumorous ,
- feller ,
- playing hard ball .
- ill ease ,
- in opportune ,
- in-opportune ,
- more compromising ,
- most compromising ,
- un pleasant ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-pleasant ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely .
- more carking ,
- more crushing ,
- more superincumbent ,
- most carking ,
- most crushing ,
- most superincumbent ,
- super incumbent ,
- super-incumbent .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- gloomy ,
- huffy ,
- ill humored ,
- ill tempered ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illtempered ,
- irritable ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more nasty tempered ,
- more nasty-tempered ,
- more nastytempered ,
- more splenetic ,
- morose ,
- most crabbed ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most nasty tempered ,
- most nasty-tempered ,
- most nastytempered ,
- most splenetic ,
- nasty tempered ,
- nastytempered ,
- snappish ,
- splenetic ,
- un sociable ,
- un-sociable .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis comforting ,
- dis composing ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-maying ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- impeding ,
- more aggravating ,
- more agitating ,
- more discomforting ,
- more discomposing ,
- more dismaying ,
- more foreboding ,
- more impeding ,
- most aggravating ,
- most agitating ,
- most discomforting ,
- most discomposing ,
- most dismaying ,
- most foreboding ,
- most impeding .
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- dis commodious ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis-commodious ,
- dis-concerting ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- more bewildering ,
- more discomfiting ,
- more discommoding ,
- more discommodious ,
- more disconcerting ,
- more distracting ,
- more exasperating ,
- more mortifying ,
- more rattling ,
- more troubling ,
- most bewildering ,
- most discomfiting ,
- most discommoding ,
- most discommodious ,
- most disconcerting ,
- most distracting ,
- most exasperating ,
- most mortifying ,
- most rattling ,
- most troubling ,
- troubling ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un propitious ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- un-propitious ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly ,
- uneasy .
- by book ,
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- hyper critical ,
- hyper-critical ,
- more nit picking ,
- more nit-picking ,
- most nit picking ,
- most nit-picking ,
- nit picking ,
- stern ,
- un sparing ,
- un-sparing ,
- unsparing .
- ex act ,
- ex-act ,
- fuddy duddy ,
- fuddyduddy ,
- more conscionable ,
- more fuddy duddy ,
- more fuddy-duddy ,
- more fuddyduddy ,
- more overfastidious ,
- more picky picky ,
- more picky-picky ,
- more pickypicky ,
- most conscionable ,
- most fuddy duddy ,
- most fuddy-duddy ,
- most fuddyduddy ,
- most overfastidious ,
- most picky picky ,
- most picky-picky ,
- most pickypicky ,
- over fastidious ,
- over-fastidious ,
- picky picky ,
- pickypicky .
- Difficile ,
- Operose ,
- challenging ,
- crucial ,
- easier said than done ,
- galling ,
- gargantuan ,
- hard-won ,
- heavy ,
- herculean ,
- immense ,
- irritating ,
- no picnic ,
- not easy ,
- problematic ,
- prohibitive ,
- rigid ,
- titanic ,
- unyielding ,
- upstream .
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest .
- dis advantageous ,
- dis-advantageous ,
- in convenient ,
- in expedient ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-expedient ,
- pre judicial ,
- pre-judicial ,
- re-mote ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un manageable ,
- un seasonable ,
- un suitable ,
- un wieldier ,
- un wieldiest ,
- un wieldy ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- un-manageable ,
- un-seasonable ,
- un-suitable ,
- un-wieldier ,
- un-wieldiest ,
- un-wieldy ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- in-explicable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- more mysterial ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more undiscoverable ,
- more unknowable ,
- most mysterial ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most undiscoverable ,
- most unknowable ,
- poker faced ,
- un accountable ,
- un discoverable ,
- un explainable ,
- un fathomable ,
- un knowable ,
- un readable ,
- un-accountable ,
- un-discoverable ,
- un-explainable ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-readable .
- hightech ,
- more daedal ,
- more high tech ,
- more high-tech ,
- more hightech ,
- most daedal ,
- most high tech ,
- most high-tech ,
- most hightech .
- Nodulous ,
- more nodulous ,
- more reticular ,
- most nodulous ,
- most reticular ,
- reticular ,
- up hill ,
- up-hill .
- magical ,
- more alchemistic ,
- more astrological ,
- more necromantic ,
- most alchemistic ,
- most astrological ,
- most necromantic ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un known ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-known ,
- un-natural .
- in tolerable ,
- in-tolerable ,
- more embittering ,
- more headache ,
- more overtaxing ,
- more plodding ,
- most embittering ,
- most headache ,
- most overtaxing ,
- most plodding ,
- over powering ,
- over taxing ,
- over-powering ,
- over-taxing .
- dis affected ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis obedient ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-loyal ,
- dis-obedient ,
- dis-orderly ,
- in corrigible ,
- in tractable ,
- in-corrigible ,
- in-tractable ,
- individualistic ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more attacking ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- more rioting ,
- more sabotaging ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most attacking ,
- most insurrectionary ,
- most rioting ,
- most sabotaging ,
- un-governable .
- in clement ,
- in temperate ,
- in-clement ,
- in-temperate ,
- lumpy ,
- more asperous ,
- more furrowed ,
- more roughhewn ,
- more unlevel ,
- most asperous ,
- most furrowed ,
- most roughhewn ,
- most unlevel ,
- roughhewn ,
- scraggier ,
- un even ,
- un level ,
- un polished ,
- un refined ,
- un smooth ,
- un smoother ,
- un smoothest ,
- un-even ,
- un-level ,
- un-refined ,
- un-smooth ,
- un-smoother ,
- un-smoothest ,
- unsmoother ,
- unsmoothest ,
- weather beaten .
- embellished ,
- more embellished ,
- most embellished ,
- over blown ,
- over-blown ,
- un believable ,
- un-believable .
- Sapping ,
- more enervating ,
- more sapping ,
- more stressful ,
- most enervating ,
- most sapping ,
- most stressful .
- more dissembled ,
- most dissembled ,
- un dependable ,
- un reliable ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- Harassing ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- in festive ,
- in-festive ,
- more harassing ,
- more infestive ,
- more murder ,
- more vexing ,
- most harassing ,
- most infestive ,
- most murder ,
- most vexing .
- ill fitting ,
- illfitting ,
- more ill fitting ,
- more ill-fitting ,
- more illfitting ,
- more torturing ,
- most ill fitting ,
- most ill-fitting ,
- most illfitting ,
- most torturing ,
- torturing ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- un charitable ,
- un forgiving ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- unforgiving .
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• closed Other synonyms:
- Dizzying ,
- advanced ,
- amiss ,
- arcane ,
- bureaucratic ,
- byzantine ,
- cerebral ,
- contentious ,
- contrarious ,
- costly ,
- devilish ,
- disagreeable ,
- disjointed ,
- disruptive ,
- divisive ,
- effortful ,
- enigmatic ,
- expensive ,
- fathomless ,
- fiddly ,
- fraught ,
- garbled ,
- hard-earned ,
- high-flown ,
- highfalutin ,
- impenetrable ,
- incoherent ,
- indecipherable ,
- indigestible ,
- insolvable ,
- insuperable ,
- insupportable ,
- insurmountable ,
- intolerable ,
- intrusive ,
- invidious ,
- kafkaesque ,
- messy ,
- mind-boggling ,
- mountainous ,
- murphy's law ,
- obstructive ,
- offending ,
- opaque ,
- ornery ,
- persnickety ,
- problem ,
- provocative ,
- punitive ,
- recalcitrant ,
- recherche ,
- rocket science ,
- schismatic ,
- self-defeating ,
- sophisticated ,
- straitened ,
- tangled ,
- tendentious ,
- time-consuming ,
- tortuous ,
- unaccountable ,
- unbridgeable ,
- unclear ,
- unfathomable ,
- unfeasible .
- Fiendish ,
- ambiguous ,
- balky ,
- baroque ,
- bewildering ,
- confused ,
- contorted ,
- corrosive ,
- dim ,
- fanciful ,
- froward ,
- fuzzy ,
- generous ,
- impossible ,
- incendiary ,
- incommodious ,
- inextricable ,
- inflammatory ,
- intractable ,
- mischievous ,
- rogue ,
- sensitive ,
- uncomfortable ,
- undesirable ,
- ungovernable ,
- wayward .
- chronic ,
- crippling ,
- elaborate ,
- gnarly ,
- hypersensitive ,
- inconvenient ,
- precision ,
- rigorous ,
- unrelenting ,
- weighty .
- bad ,
- sensitivity .
- gray .
Other relevant words:
- Acroamatic ,
- Asperous ,
- Carking ,
- Chuffy ,
- Daedal ,
- Discommodious ,
- Enervative ,
- Finicking ,
- Infestive ,
- Mumpish ,
- Mysterial ,
- Unhandy ,
- a bit much ,
- alchemistic ,
- ambitious ,
- anarchistic ,
- astrological ,
- awkward ,
- backbreaker ,
- beyond one ,
- boresome ,
- burdensome ,
- by the book ,
- complicated ,
- conscionable ,
- crotchety ,
- deep ,
- demanding ,
- dicey ,
- dragger ,
- enigmatical ,
- fastidious ,
- feisty ,
- finicky ,
- furrowed ,
- fussbudget ,
- fussy ,
- hazardous ,
- head ache ,
- high tech ,
- high-tech ,
- ho hum ,
- ho-hum ,
- hohum ,
- ill-fitting ,
- intricate ,
- knotty ,
- mazy ,
- mean ,
- mysterious ,
- nasty-tempered ,
- necromantic ,
- nit-picking ,
- nowhere ,
- onerous ,
- overfastidious ,
- overtaxing ,
- painful ,
- perturbing ,
- picky-picky ,
- poker-faced ,
- profound ,
- rebellious ,
- recondite ,
- rugged ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- serious ,
- sphinxlike ,
- stressful ,
- superincumbent ,
- tall ,
- tiresome ,
- toilsome ,
- troublesome ,
- troublous ,
- uncool ,
- undiscoverable ,
- ungracious ,
- unknowable ,
- unlevel ,
- unsettling ,
- unsmooth ,
- upsetting ,
- weatherbeaten .
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How to use "Difficult" in context?
Difficult is an understatement when it comes to parenting. From balancing work and family life to enduring sleepless nights, there are plenty of challenges that parents face on a daily basis. But some are more difficult than others. Here are five of the most difficult parenting challenges:
1. Constantly adjusting to your child's moods and behavior.
Kids can be unpredictable and complex, which can make it difficult to predict their next move. This can lead to frustrating moments when you accidentally say the wrong thing or they take advantage of your weak spot. It also means that there are always surprises in store, which can be both exhilarating and overwhelming.
Paraphrases for Difficult:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
arduous, awkward, challenging, complex, delicate, knotty, laborious, problematic, problematical, rugged, serious, thorny, tough, troublesome.
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Proper noun, singular
challenging, tough.
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Noun, singular or mass
arduous, challenging.
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Verb, past tense
complicated.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
acute, adverse, ambitious, annoying, awful, bitter, bumpy, burdensome, choosy, comfortable, confusing, contentious, controversial, convenient, convoluted, costly, critical, crucial, cruel, dangerous, demanding, desperate, different, dire, disadvantaged, disagreeable, distressed, distressing, doubtful, dramatic, durum, easy, elaborate, elusive, embarrassing, enormous, evil, exacting, expensive, facile, feasible, fierce, formidable, fragile, fraught, frustrating, fussy, grave, great, grim, harrowing, heavy, heavy-duty, herculean, huge, immense, important, impossible, impoverished, impracticable, impractical, inclement, inconvenient, intensive, intricate, lengthy, limited, little, major, messy, multifaceted, nasty, needy, painful, painstaking, perilous, picky, poor, poverty-stricken, precarious, questionable, reluctant, rocky, sad, sensitive, severe, significant, simple, slow, sluggish, sophisticated, sore, spiny, stark, straightforward, strained, strenuous, stressful, struggling, susceptible, tense, terrible, tight, tiresome, tiring, touchy, tremendous, troubling, turbulent, unable, uncertain, unclear, uncomfortable, uneasy, unfavourable, unfortunate, unlikely, unpleasant, unwieldy, user-friendly, weighty, wrong, Beleaguered, time-consuming, hard-won, hard-to-reach, hardto.
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Proper noun, singular
Casualties, Difficile, concerns, issues, questions, constraints.
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Noun, singular or mass
Difficile.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
complicated, cumbersome, daunting, difficulty, intractable, onerous, tortuous, troubled, uphill.
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Proper noun, singular
difficulty, Difficulties.
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Noun, singular or mass
difficulty.
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Adjective
Homophones for Difficult:
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