Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Ragged and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ragged" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Both words in one sentence
- This means that if they ever do find something difficult, they feel like failures because they're supposed to be smart enough to handle anything, or get put under such pressure to succeed that they run themselves ragged just to avoid the punishment that comes from being less than perfect.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Real Life
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