Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Perplexing is a synonym for difficult in complicated topic. In some cases you can use "Perplexing" instead an adjective "Difficult", when it comes to topics like complex, problematic, problematical.
Nearby Word: difficulty
Perplexing
Perplexing adjective - Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
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Synonyms for Perplexing
Difficult is a synonym for perplexing in complex topic. You can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Perplexing", if it concerns topics such as property, complicated, troublesome, puzzling.
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Related pairs
- complex and difficult
- complex and perplexing
- delicate and difficult
- delicate and perplexing
- awkward and difficult
- awkward and perplexing
- hard and difficult
- hard and perplexing
- tough and difficult
- tough and perplexing
- abstruse and difficult
- abstruse and perplexing
- involved and difficult
- involved and perplexing
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