Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Malicious and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malicious" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
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Once the letter is sent to you and you are on the list, the only way to free yourself from eternally being commanded to perform tasks (each task progressively becoming more malicious and difficult) is death.
Source: Clingy MacGuffin -
Malicious Slander: Ayu's brother spreads a lot of rumors about Ayu around (posting them directly to Granny as well), while some of them are true others are made up to make her life difficult.
Source: Literature / Deep Love -
Because of this, his wife and daughters have absolutely no opinions of their own and do everything by his calling, which makes him absolutely difficult to prosecute both for malicious endangerment and murdering a woman who uncovered this plot.
Source: Series / Law & Order
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