Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Gritty and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gritty" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
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In particular, The Twilight Samurai attempts to debunk a lot of mythologizing and shows samurai as regular people with regular problems, just trying to go about their lives in a gritty and difficult world, rather than as superheroes ever eager for the next glorious battle or duel.
Source: Film / The Twilight Samurai - Comments: This series is gritty, insane, sadistic, morally bankrupt...and yet it's almost frightening how it's not all that difficult to imagine any of the characters here doing what they do.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Sherlock -
Reality Ensues a lot in terms of the injuries sustained by Matt and Elektra, and Daredevil's struggle against the entrenched power of the Kingpin is definitely very gritty and monumentally difficult.
Source: Film / Daredevil
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