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hard on someone; hard to do adj.
complicated; hard to comprehend adj.
unmanageable socially adj.

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

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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

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easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

complicated; hard to comprehend

Synonyms

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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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more difficult

Investors have been clamoring to recover a record $349 billion in these “zombie funds,” but higher rates will make deals even more difficult, meaning that number is likely to grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In addition, lenders tightened credit standards, making it more difficult in many cases for younger buyers to qualify for a mortgage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

This is time-limited to make duping or sharing the QR code more difficult.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

That has made social media a potentially valuable source for studying how medications affect people in everyday life, although gaining access to platform data has become more difficult.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

The extra measures were essential to keeping workers and the people of Japan safe, but they made the work of cleaning up the mess much more difficult.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland