25
complex(adjective, hard, difficult, involved, dense)
24
knotty(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
23
complicated(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
23
intricate(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
23
labyrinthine(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
22
Byzantine(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
22
involved(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, dense)
21
daedal(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
20
elaborate(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, complicated)
20
sophisticated(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
19
arduous(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, intricate)
19
difficult(adjective, hard, complex, involved, dense)
19
hard(adjective, difficult, complex, intricate, thorny)
19
problematic(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, intricate)
19
thorny(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, involved)
18
knotted(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
18
sinuous(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
3
convoluted(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult)
2
baffling(adjective, difficult, awkward, tricky, complicated)
2
confusing(adjective, complex, complicated, winding)
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