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cryptic(uncertain, vague, unclear, unintelligible)
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perturbing(verb, deranging)
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Byzantine
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deranging(verb, deranging)
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equivocal(uncertain, awkward, vague, uneasy)
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incomprehensible
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knotty(hard, complex, tricky, complicated)
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paradoxical(hard, difficult, delicate, complex)
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problematic
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befuddling(puzzling, confounding)
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complicating(verb, complicating)
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convoluted(complex, complicated, puzzling, confounding)
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difficult(hard, complex, awkward, involved)
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labyrinthine(hard, complex, tricky, complicated)
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tangled(hard, complex, tricky, complicated)
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tortuous
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Gordian
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contradictory
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discomfiting(awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable)
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disorienting(difficult, striking, sophistical)
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