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26 entries under troublesome topic. ×

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difficult(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, delicate)
34
knotty(adjective, hard, difficulty, difficult, delicate)
15
ticklish(adjective, difficult, delicate, complex, tricky)
8
bothersome(adjective, tough, difficult, tricky, problematic)
8
perplexing(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, complex)
7
delicate(bad, hard, difficult, heavy, complex)
7
formidable(adjective, bad, difficult, delicate, complex)
3
problematical(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, complex)
3
puzzling(adjective, hard, difficult, loose, complex)
1
confounding(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
1
confusing(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
1
mysterious(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
1
mystifying(hard, delicate, complex, awkward, tricky)
1
paradoxical(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
0
abstract(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
0
deep(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
0
enigmatical(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
0
hard to explain(expression, hard, delicate, complex, tricky)
0
hard to solve(expression, hard, delicate, complex, tricky)
0
inexplicable(hard, delicate, complex, tricky, complicated)
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