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133 entries under severe topic. ×
| challenging(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| concentrated(adjective, harsh, intense, terrible) | |
| consequential(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| crucial(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| difficile(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| discommoding(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| discomposing(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| discouraging(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| easier said than done(expression, idiom, tough, problematic) | |
| foreboding(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| gale force(expression, adjective, harsh, intense) | |
| gargantuan(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| hard-won(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| immoderate(adjective, harsh, intense, terrible) | |
| impeding(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| inordinate(adjective, harsh, intense, terrible) | |
| not easy(expression, tough, problematic, trying) | |
| pessimistic(hard, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| problem(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| prohibitive(tough, problematic, trying) |
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