Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: difficult questions on the exam that required analytical thinking
Exhausting is a synonym for difficult in laborious topic. In some cases you can use "Exhausting" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Exhausting
Exhausting adjective - Having a debilitating effect.
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Synonyms for Exhausting
Difficult is a synonym for exhausting in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Exhausting", if it concerns topics such as laborious, tiring.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and difficult
- strenuous and exhausting
- demanding and difficult
- demanding and exhausting
- heavy and difficult
- heavy and exhausting
- hard and difficult
- hard and exhausting
- severe and difficult
- severe and exhausting
- tough and difficult
- tough and exhausting
- troublesome and difficult
- troublesome and exhausting
Both words in one sentence
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In Flashpoint, Parker says this to the team after a particularly difficult and exhausting mission, to which they were immediately interrogated by a investigator afterwards.
Source: So Proud of You - Twilight: There is indeed a spell to endow a pony with permanent wings, but it's extremely difficult and exhausting to cast.
- This includes the fact that for Aspies, the ability to socially interact normally is not merely difficult, like for shy people or people who like telling the truth, think logically or have intense hobbies, but in addition is physically exhausting, like any job involving serious mental strain.
Source: Useful Notes / Asperger Syndrome
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