Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Miserable and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Miserable" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- His family makes his life difficult and miserable because they supported Scar, Simba's (Kiara's father) arch-enemy.
Source: Troubled, but Cute -
While she was incredibly difficult to her friends, she was under a lot of pressure, and the universe seemed out to make her miserable.
Source: Series / House of Anubis -
And anyone who was for any reason miserable or unhappy or who had any difficult personal problems was prosecuted under the "Happiness Act".
Source: Crapsaccharine World
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Miserable and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/miserable
Difficult & Miserable. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/miserable>.
Miserable or Difficult. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/miserable.
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