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- Thesaurus|2.5k
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80 entries under complicated topic. ×
| baffling(hard, tough, awkward, vague, subtle) | |
| effortful(adjective, difficult, complex, awkward, demanding) | |
| hidden(hard, cunning, sneaky, covert) | |
| mystifying(adjective, hard, difficult, awkward) | |
| puzzling(adjective, hard, false, awkward, vague) | |
| tangled(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, sophisticated) | |
| vexing(hard, irritating, annoying, disorderly) | |
| abstract(hard, vague, subtle, indefinable) | |
| annoying(irritating, disorderly, unruly, tiresome) | |
| barbed(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| baroque(adjective, difficult, complex, sophisticated, involved) | |
| bewildering(hard, false, awkward, uneasy, ambiguous) | |
| brambly(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| briery(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| bristly(thorny, spiky, spiny) | |
| can of worms(expression, adjective, idiom, difficult, complex) | |
| confounding(hard, false, ambiguous, deceptive) | |
| confusing(hard, false, awkward, uneasy, ambiguous) | |
| convoluted(adjective, difficult, complex, sophisticated, involved) | |
| echinated(thorny, spiky, spiny) |
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