Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Difficult.
4 letter answer(s) to difficult
HARD
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"
given to excessive
9 letter answer(s) to difficult
LABORIOUS
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
difficult
6 letter answer(s) to difficult
ORNERY
having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
TAXING
not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
THORNY
bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
TRYING
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"
give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"
hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"
make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks"
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "
5 letter answer(s) to difficult
TOUGH
a cruel and brutal fellow
an aggressive and violent young criminal
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
resistant to cutting or chewing
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
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