more difficult

ADJECTIVE

hard on someone; hard to do

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaker bothersome difficile easier said than done effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan hard-won heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored no picnic not easy operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

complicated; hard to comprehend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

complex confusing delicate troublesome

WEAK

abstract abstruse baffling bewildering confounding dark deep enigmatic enigmatical entangled esoteric formidable hard to explain hard to solve hidden inexplicable intricate involved knotty labyrinthine loose meandering mysterious mystical mystifying nice obscure obstinate paradoxical perplexing problematical profound puzzling rambling subtle tangled thorny ticklish unclear unfathomable unintelligible vexing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear easy

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

unmanageable socially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demanding grim intractable tough troublesome

WEAK

argumentative bearish boorish dark fastidious finicky fractious fussy hard to please impolite irritable oafish obstreperous perverse picky refractory rigid rude tiresome trying unaccommodating unamenable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile nice

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

Example Sentences

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And on the negative side, remote workers suffer from a worse work-life balance and more difficult interactions with co-workers and supervisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

That distance creates extensive wiring requirements that can hinder performance and make large scale quantum computers more difficult to build.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

"It has just made juggling everything more difficult this year. It shouldn't be like this."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Inventories at Cushing, Okla., the delivery hub for U.S. crude futures, are approaching levels at which storage and pipeline operations can become more difficult.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

“You make this more difficult than it has to be.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray