5
upsetting(noun, adjective, hard, tough, severe)
4
abstract(hard, obscure, complex, tricky, complicated)
4
complicating(verb, adjective, complicating)
4
discomposing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
4
dismaying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
4
distracting(verb, false, awkward, uneasy, ambiguous)
4
entangling(verb, complicating)
4
inscrutable(adjective, obscure, dark, sophisticated, mysterious)
4
occult(adjective, dark, strange, uncertain, mysterious)
4
strange(adjective, odd, unfamiliar, bizarre, outlandish)
4
tangled(adjective, hard, obscure, difficult, complex)
4
tough(adjective, difficult, laborious)
4
uncertain(adjective, hard, severe, obscure, difficulty)
3
Byzantine(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult)
3
bothering
3
confusion(noun, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment, puzzlement)
3
doubtful(dark, uncertain, mysterious, unclear, indistinct)
3
enigmatical(adjective, hard, difficult, strange, striking)
3
flustering(verb, confusing)
3
hard(adjective, fancy, obscure, difficult, complex)
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