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58 entries under thorny topic. ×
| troublesome(adjective, hard, fancy, difficult, complex) | |
| formidable(adjective, hard, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| abstruse(adjective, hard, fancy, evil, obscure) | |
| enigmatic(adjective, hard, evil, obscure, difficult) | |
| mystifying(adjective, hard, evil, delicate, loose) | |
| prickly(spiky, spiny) | |
| entangled(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult) | |
| obscure(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, sophisticated) | |
| recondite(adjective, hard, fancy, evil, obscure) | |
| dense(adjective, difficult, complex, involved, complicated) | |
| Daedalean(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult) | |
| bothersome(adjective, tough, rough, difficult, heavy) | |
| deep(adjective, hard, evil, delicate, loose) | |
| fancy(adjective, hard, difficult, exact, complex) | |
| mysterious(adjective, hard, evil, delicate, loose) | |
| nettlesome(tough, tricky, complicated, problematic) | |
| spiny(tricky, complicated, spiky) | |
| brambly(adjective, harsh, coarse, irregular, uneven) | |
| bristly(adjective, harsh, coarse, irregular, uneven) | |
| can of worms(expression, adjective, idiom, hard, fancy) |
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