“a
difficult task”
“nesting places on the cliffs are
difficult of access”
“difficult times”
synonyms:
hard
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demanding
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
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ambitious, challenging
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
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arduous
difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
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awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
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baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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catchy, tricky
having concealed difficulty
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delicate, ticklish, touchy
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
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fractious
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
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hard-fought
requiring great effort
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herculean
extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules
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nasty, tight
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
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rocky, rough
full of hardship or trials
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rugged, tough
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
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serious
requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
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tall
impressively difficult
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thorny
bristling with perplexities
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troublesome
difficult to deal with
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trying
hard to endure
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vexed
causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
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effortful
requiring great physical effort
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hard
dispassionate