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
Vexing and difficult are semantically related. in complicated topic. In some cases you can use "Vexing" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- awkward and difficult
- awkward and vexing
- annoying and difficult
- annoying and vexing
- disagreeable and difficult
- disagreeable and vexing
- painful and difficult
- painful and vexing
- nasty and difficult
- nasty and vexing
- troublesome and difficult
- troublesome and vexing
- bothersome and difficult
- bothersome and vexing
Both words in one sentence
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Because You Were Nice to Me: In the Series 2 episode "Boredom", Ann tells Paul that she married Martin because he helped her through a difficult time in her life, and although she finds his obsessive nature vexing at times, she remains as devoted to him as he does to her.
Source: Series / Ever Decreasing Circles
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