Synonyms for difficult

Similarity of adj difficult

2 senses of difficult

Sense 1:

difficult (vs. easy), hard
ambitious, challengingarduousawkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviablebaffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughcatchy, trickydelicate, ticklish, touchyfractioushard-foughtherculeannasty, tightrocky, roughrugged, toughserioustall(prenominal)thornytroublesometryingvexed

Also See: demanding#1; effortful#1; hard#2

Sense 2:

unmanageable (vs. manageable), difficult
indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyuncheckable

Also See: defiant#1, noncompliant#1; disobedient#1; intractable#1