Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Untoward and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Untoward" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Untoward
Untoward adjective - Given to resisting control or discipline by others.
Usage example: a program for untoward teenagers that is designed to give them the kind of discipline that their parents were unable or unwilling to administer
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstinate and difficult
- obstinate and untoward
- obstreperous and difficult
- obstreperous and untoward
- awkward and difficult
- awkward and untoward
- annoying and difficult
- annoying and untoward
- rough and difficult
- rough and untoward
- troublesome and difficult
- troublesome and untoward
- inconvenient and difficult
- inconvenient and untoward
Both words in one sentence
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The classic situation where this occurs is meetings between members of two different secret government agencies; in that case they're not only dodging eavesdroppers, they're also making it more difficult for either agency's goons to do anything untoward.
Source: Overt Rendezvous
Cite this Source
Untoward and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/untoward
Difficult & Untoward. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/untoward>.
Untoward or Difficult. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/untoward.
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