Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: it's a difficult situation when two of your friends are quarreling and you're trying to stay out of it
Sensitive is a synonym for difficult. In some cases you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and difficult
- critical and sensitive
- delicate and difficult
- delicate and sensitive
- awkward and difficult
- awkward and sensitive
- painful and difficult
- painful and sensitive
- touchy and difficult
- touchy and sensitive
- ticklish and difficult
- ticklish and sensitive
- tricky and difficult
- tricky and sensitive
Both words in one sentence
- When a case is particularly sensitive or difficult, the friction may be reversed: each group of investigators wants to absolve themselves of jurisdiction to avoid the problems that will come with it.
Source: Jurisdiction Friction -
This was actually to give him all the sensitive and difficult cases nobody else wants in the hopes that the higher-ups can find an excuse to fire him.
Source: Series / Backstrom - Vaarsuvius from The Order of the Stick probably qualifies — sensitive and emotional, yet cool-headed, with an air of detachment that makes him/her difficult to approach.
Source: Sugar and Ice Personality
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Sensitive or Difficult. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/sensitive.
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