Awful
Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Awful and difficult are semantically related in bad topic. Sometimes you can use "Awful" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
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Both words in one sentence
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And suggesting that taking a stand against your bullying makes you a bully as well makes this awful moral even more difficult to stomach.
Source: Clueless Aesop - This will get on your last nerve in the difficult last battles where instead of the phenomenal battle themes (Like the Elite Four, N, Ghetsis, etc.) you will mostly hear that god-awful music.
Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon -
Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia, once a reigning member of Přemyslid dynasty, had a difficult, awful life and unspeakably horrible death.
Source: Camping a Crapper
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