Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Horrible and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Horrible" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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It's actually pretty difficult to find a many character in any of the Stargate shows who hasn't had some horrible tragedy of varying levels heaped on them at some point or another.
Source: Dark and Troubled Past -
Post-Historical Trauma: Some events are so horrible that it is difficult for anyone who lived afterward to ever be idealistic about human nature again.
Source: Cynicism Tropes - Gone Girl: Does Amy's difficult childhood give her a pass for all of the horrible things she does?
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Horrible and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/horrible
Difficult & Horrible. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/horrible>.
Horrible or Difficult. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/horrible.
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