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more difficult

ADJECTIVE

hard on someone; hard to do

Synonyms

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ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaker bothersome difficile easier said than done effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan hard-won heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored no picnic not easy operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

complicated; hard to comprehend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

complex confusing delicate troublesome

WEAK

abstract abstruse baffling bewildering confounding dark deep enigmatic enigmatical entangled esoteric formidable hard to explain hard to solve hidden inexplicable intricate involved knotty labyrinthine loose meandering mysterious mystical mystifying nice obscure obstinate paradoxical perplexing problematical profound puzzling rambling subtle tangled thorny ticklish unclear unfathomable unintelligible vexing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear easy

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

unmanageable socially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demanding grim intractable tough troublesome

WEAK

argumentative bearish boorish dark fastidious finicky fractious fussy hard to please impolite irritable oafish obstreperous perverse picky refractory rigid rude tiresome trying unaccommodating unamenable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile nice

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

Example Sentences

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Wendy Sherman: First of all, we’re in a much more difficult place.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

With 32 of 48 teams advancing to the knockout rounds of this expanded World Cup, it is more difficult to be eliminated than to qualify.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Although this arrangement is more difficult to control, it can switch states much more rapidly, making antiferromagnets attractive for future information processing technologies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

The head of research noted that MSCI’s focus seems to have shifted from technical market access issues to trust and governance concerns, which are often more difficult and time-consuming to address.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

That night there were only eight players, making it more difficult for each to contend with the master than if there’d been scores of players, who would have slowed Pavey’s progress.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady