Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Hostile and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostile" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Both words in one sentence
- Hackman was very difficult and hostile to Wes Anderson while making The Royal Tenembaums, at one point calling him a c*** and telling him to "pull up you pants and act like a man".
Source: Wag the Director -
They have sometimes been hostile to it, while also desperately embracing it in pursuit of new revenue streams in these difficult days.
Source: Old Media Are Evil - And what a challenge they found.Super Hostile is a series of Minecraft custom maps, ranging from challenging to insanely difficult.
Source: Video Game / Super Hostile
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