Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Raised and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Raised" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- And the fact that he was more of a surrogate father to her, having raised her, makes it difficult for her to go through with this.
- A cultural taboo which you've been raised with from birth is a very difficult thing to shake off psychologically.
Source: Epiphany Therapy - Having been raised by the League of Assassins his whole life, adjusting to life as part of the Batfamily was rather difficult, especially trying to drill in the Thou Shalt Not Kill policy.
Source: No Social Skills
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Raised and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/raised
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