Difficult and Stern

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Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.

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Stern and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stern" instead an adjective "Difficult".

Nearby Word: difficulty

Stern adjective - Given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint.

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Difficult and stern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Stern".

Nearby Words: sternness, sternly, sterne

Al, a banker, finds it difficult to reconnect with his family and even more difficult to be as stern as he was before.

Source: Film / The Best Years of Our Lives
Aegis uses a stern, human-like voice while cheap RSI ships use a very synthetic voice, to the point where it can be difficult to understand

Source: Computer Voice
Badass as he could later be, it's not difficult to imagine an anime-like scene of a young Masahiko dozing off over his desk next to the classroom's windows with Gozo Shioda poking him with the elbow to awake him before the stern Japanese teacher realized and threw him a chalk.

Source: Wrestling / Masahiko Kimura

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