Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Muddled and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Muddled" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The show's heavily reliance on Rule of Symbolism has also made it very difficult to glean any real aesops from it, which is why so many people accuse it of having a muddled, confused message.
Source: Broken Aesop / Anime and Manga
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Muddled and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/muddled
Difficult & Muddled. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/muddled>.
Muddled or Difficult. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/muddled.
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