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Requiring great effort or exertion
Hard to comprehend mentally
Not easy to please or satisfy
Stubborn, or inclined to do the opposite of what is expected or demanded
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
Disobedient in nature
Inopportune or inconvenient
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature
Dangerous or full of peril
(
of a literary work
)
Overly serious or difficult
Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling
Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations
Having a muddy or sticky consistency
Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind
Challenging to describe, impossible to put into words, or inarticulate
Of considerable importance or seriousness
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Adjective
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Requiring great effort or exertion
arduous
challenging
demanding
hard
excruciating
grueling
US
harsh
rigorous
strenuous
testing
tough
backbreaking
daunting
exacting
exhausting
fatiguing
gruelling
UK
laborious
onerous
punishing
taxing
tortuous
trying
backbreaker
bruising
burdensome
debilitating
draining
insufferable
painstaking
ponderous
rough
tiring
torturous
unforgiving
wearisome
wearying
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
back-breaking
brutal
formidable
harrowing
hellish
immense
intense
intimidating
severe
tiresome
troublesome
unbearable
unremitting
uphill
upstream
bothersome
crushing
cumbersome
depleting
distressing
fierce
galling
gargantuan
grievous
grinding
hairy
herculean
Herculean
jarring
labored
US
laboured
UK
ominous
operose
oppressive
painful
problematic
sapping
shattering
titanic
toilsome
unpleasant
vigorous
weighty
worksome
ambitious
distressful
effortful
energy-consuming
ferocious
forbidding
grim
hard-won
heavy
intolerable
merciless
no picnic
not easy
prohibitive
savage
solemn
tedious
toilful
unyielding
wearing
colossal
cruel
difficile
easier said than done
gigantic
mighty
thorny
tough going
unnerving
vicious
almighty
awful
crippling
discomforting
knackering
moiling
nerve-racking
problem
really hard
staggering
stressful
tormenting
troubling
uncomfortable
unsparing
uphill battle
very hard
drudgy
extreme
killer
scabrous
slavish
sticky
torturesome
unendurable
dicey
hazardous
high-impact
high-pressure
impossible
marathon
rugged
serious
sweaty
tall
killing
like getting blood out of a stone
murderous
stiff
hellacious
Augean
awkward
irksome
exigent
pick-and-shovel
disturbing
tricky
worrisome
vexatious
worrying
upsetting
unsettling
vexing
stringent
enervating
irritating
disquieting
inconvenient
disagreeable
fraught
annoying
agitating
traumatic
exasperating
aggravating
tense
harassing
frustrating
bitter
perturbing
knotty
persnickety
niggling
prickly
relentless
maddening
nagging
uneasy
alarming
dire
carking
nerve-wracking
anxious
precarious
pestilent
disconcerting
grave
rankling
troubled
creepy
strained
concerning
pesky
enervative
discomposing
abrasive
riling
bleak
harrying
peeving
dismaying
chafing
nettling
nettlesome
iffy
plaguy
pestiferous
provoking
pestilential
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
restless
discommoding
austere
infernal
infuriating
nasty
tight
hostile
confounded
inhuman
problematical
dodgy
searing
hardhanded
cussed
nervous
anxious-making
discouraging
troublous
critical
spartan
dark
displeasing
hefty
nail-biting
unrelenting
perilous
mean
scary
grating
unwelcome
pressured
strict
terrible
delicate
incommodious
unreasonable
tortured
monumental
excessive
embarrassing
pressing
dubious
impressive
uncertain
depressing
weary
dangerous
unmanageable
boring
bad
wretched
wicked
teasing
hectic
antagonizing
US
gut-wrenching
enraging
antagonising
UK
unpleasing
controversial
immoderate
sombre
UK
somber
US
steep
embittering
bold
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
grandiose
unhandy
superincumbent
Sisyphean
daring
frightening
unstable
aggressive
inexorable
imperious
ticklish
chancy
objectionable
clunky
extravagant
dreadful
rocky
cumbrous
lofty
irking
unsteady
dour
sinister
ungainly
intrusive
inhospitable
massive
unsure
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
afflicting
clumsy
bunglesome
puzzling
cranky
time-consuming
disruptive
energetic
doubtful
charged
bedevilling
UK
drudging
major
unwieldy
sober
comfortless
unamusing
offensive
intensive
full of problems
punchable
uncongenial
threatening
large-scale
disastrous
consequential
beset by problems
bedeviling
US
up and down
a stinker of a
ugly
menacing
anxiety-ridden
physical
exorbitant
unfair
thoroughgoing
sensitive
searching
racking
withering
prodigious
chastening
punitive
overwhelming
thorough
heartrending
prostrating
embarrassed
stretching
rduous
drastic
unrelaxing
murder
mammoth
forceful
heroic
shocking
powerful
hurtful
heartbreaking
heart-rending
hardworking
unjust
busy
overtaxing
overpowering
unrelaxed
edgy
work-intensive
large order
heavy sledding
straitened
stern
eventful
dogged
character-building
terrifying
slow
repugnant
stilted
complicated
difficult going
rough seas
hard going
calamitous
biting
overburdening
lamentable
deplorable
no piece of cake
panicky
undependable
exerting
despotic
domineering
afflicted
checkered
US
chequered
UK
disappointing
uncompromising
lively
soul-sucking
very difficult
festering
antipathetic
trouble
emotionally draining
high-energy
a nuisance
impractical
an imposition
audacious
unsatisfying
unattractive
industrious
unsettled
startling
lumbersome
considerable
significant
life-threatening
acute
built on sand
grand
elaborate
intrepid
foreboding
exciting
foul
tickly
flustering
discomfiting
fiddly
sobering
big
peracute
perplexing
horrible
gloomy
cliffhanging
dramatic
volatile
pretentious
visionary
unrealistic
explosive
dolorous
bumpy
a devil
pessimistic
magnificent
vile
itchy
confronting
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
impeding
improbable
ballsy
brash
idealistic
unfeasible
prophetic
hard to use
appalling
knife-edge
fanciful
unreal
horrendous
white-knuckle
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
abominable
ungracious
horrid
unlikely
atrocious
lousy
ghastly
frightful
harrasive
rotten
far-fetched
grotty
intractable
ungovernable
recalcitrant
beastly
execrable
insupportable
perverse
wayward
difficult to achieve
improper
detestable
from hell
a bummer of a
unacceptable
egregious
bulky
hulking
unmanoeuvrable
beyond bearing
not to be borne
gross
lumbering
more ❯
“He prepared himself for the
difficult
task of running the marathon.”
Adjective
▲
Hard to comprehend mentally
complex
complicated
hard
confusing
puzzling
tricky
baffling
bewildering
confounding
convoluted
incomprehensible
intricate
mystifying
perplexing
abstract
elaborate
impenetrable
involved
obscure
unclear
unfathomable
unintelligible
deep
detailed
inexplicable
knotty
labyrinthine
mind-bending
mind-boggling
problematical
profound
recondite
sophisticated
troublesome
undecipherable
abstruse
entangled
esoteric
fancy
fathomless
inscrutable
mysterious
mystical
paradoxical
rambling
tangled
thorny
thought-provoking
vexing
beyond comprehension
beyond one's grasp
full of twists and turns
hard to explain
hard to solve
opaque
above your head
enigmatic
fiddly
gnarly
involute
involuted
over one's head
enigmatical
advanced
byzantine
cryptic
difficult to understand
unsolvable
ambiguous
hazy
arcane
tortuous
labyrinthian
Byzantine
dark
challenging
hidden
baroque
daedal
problematic
unaccountable
occult
complicate
tough
Gordian
confused
wildering
mystic
murky
Delphic
awkward
insoluble
heavy
serious
secret
insolvable
uncanny
concealed
serpentine
ticklish
cabalistic
sibylline
Daedalian
dense
beyond one
impossible
weighty
rarefied
cabbalistic
unanswerable
hermetic
hermetical
mazy
jumbled
devious
equivocal
unknowable
strange
interlaced
elliptical
little known
elliptic
odd
weird
peculiar
oracular
oblique
taxing
double-edged
messy
hard to understand
disconcerting
funny
worrying
spiny
formidable
demanding
vague
indecipherable
unexplainable
ramified
befuddling
misleading
twisted
nebulous
orphic
acroamatic
circuitous
winding
muddled
fuliginous
sphinxlike
maze-like
arduous
cumbersome
drawn-out
unsolved
unexplained
long-drawn-out
high-tech
mixed up
knotted
mixed
recherché
as clear as mud
clear as mud
bamboozling
surprising
inextricable
Daedalean
hard to follow
inaccessible
hi-tech
chaotic
metaphysical
frustrating
bemusing
problem
hairy
daunting
strenuous
trying
fiendish
intense
finicky
kittle
curious
subtle
untold
roundabout
little-known
out-of-the-way
operose
bizarre
devilish
cerebral
intellectual
unattainable
elite
Greek to me
secretive
contradictory
inconsistent
devil of a
mysterial
queer
perplexed
beyond you
full of surprises
clear as dishwater
unnatural
muddling
overlong
verbose
lengthy
private
veiled
inner
insuperable
magical
between the lines
erudite
stealthy
unknown
high-level
higher-level
unrealizable
cagey
subjective
blurring
unsettling
disorienting
unresolvable
ravelled
UK
sinuous
incognizable
irreducible
ornate
ungraspable
muddlesome
mistakable
multifaceted
multifarious
variegated
rococo
heterogeneous
nuanced
indiscernible
extensive
radical
confronting
plotty
top-level
raveled
US
impossible to understand
uncertain
irresolvable
unresolved
hopeless
difficult to follow
indefinite
long-winded
indistinct
without a solution
dubious
doubtful
indeterminate
undoable
unable to be solved
can of worms
foggy
tenebrous
obfuscated
amphibological
drastic
hard-hitting
reflective
sweeping
thorough
extreme
revolutionary
complete
provocative
thoughtful
confrontational
major
insightful
intensive
unusual
abnormal
freakish
eerie
extraordinary
offbeat
spooky
outlandish
different
uncommon
quaint
creepy
irregular
anomalous
out of the ordinary
atypical
rum
unfamiliar
eccentric
quirky
unexpected
oddball
freak
bizarro
questionable
suspicious
unique
kooky
deviant
rare
kookie
aberrant
remarkable
unconventional
crazy
wild
fishy
off the wall
incongruous
erratic
freaky
whacky
far-out
wacky
unorthodox
queerish
way-out
kinky
clandestine
off-kilter
screwy
funky
weirdo
spookish
uncustomary
inconceivable
off-the-wall
shadowy
unaccustomed
supernatural
singular
debatable
spaced-out
cranky
exotic
outré
unco
unwonted
fantastic
covert
foreign
unreal
off-centre
untypical
suspect
inexplainable
haunting
shady
out of the way
sinister
inexplicit
imprecise
zany
dodgy
preternatural
ghostly
eldritch
indescribable
wacko
eery
clouded
grotesque
unrevealed
shifty
unsettled
exceptional
idiosyncratic
scary
undetermined
novel
undefined
frightening
ridiculous
aberrated
fantastical
intriguing
uncharacteristic
elusive
ludicrous
chilling
inconclusive
blood-curdling
unthinkable
dishonest
coded
unearthly
corrupt
open to question
astonishing
unexplored
undisclosed
inexact
disreputable
incalculable
indistinguishable
alternative
spine-chilling
unheard-of
irrational
fanciful
hair-raising
unimaginable
disparate
riddling
droll
terrifying
especial
ill-defined
unheard of
shrouded
petrifying
unscrupulous
left-field
scaring
out there
fraudulent
cloaked
undefinable
up in the air
criminal
dishonorable
US
unparalleled
uncomprehensible
beyond understanding
dishonourable
UK
distinct
black
unnerving
fearful
sneaky
gothic
illogical
unpredictable
macabre
ominous
unestablished
glamorous
ghastly
surreal
original
incredible
unsure
stupefying
Gothic
unascertained
duplicitous
sly
cloak-and-dagger
undecided
ambivalent
arguable
speculative
sensational
Greek
nonstandard
unbelievable
glamourous
romantic
monstrous
unlike
contrary
jarring
divergent
newsworthy
isolated
unrepresentative
flakey
US
flaky
UK
out of place
iffy
recherche
gnomic
shonky
very strange
dubitable
disputable
marvellous
UK
doubtable
out of the common
indecisive
comical
outre
beats me
shaky
out of line
under suspicion
unplumbed
exceeding
extraordinaire
absurd
preposterous
marvelous
US
open to debate
open to argument
daggy
dilly
phenomenal
in doubt
nonsensical
avant-garde
foolish
cockamamie
intangible
weird and wonderful
unlikely
not quite right
way out
unsounded
in the balance
new
alien
classified
encoded
enciphered
ulterior
gloomy
rummy
cryptical
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
offhand
subliminal
multivocal
amazing
out-there
secreted
off-key
whimsical
off
distinctive
disturbing
blurred
distinguished
shrouded in mystery
unconfirmed
dissimilar
characteristic
custom
customized
US
specialized
US
exclusive
signature
personalized
US
distinguishing
individual
particular
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
cool
nightmarish
seedy
disconsonant
inapropos
irrelevant
incongruent
incoherent
standout
unforeseeable
haunted
other-worldly
disquieting
improbable
insane
too deep
sepulchral
funereal
uninterpretable
really hard
very hard
unrealistic
awful
horrific
dreadful
remote
uninvestigated
unhinged
touched
demented
mad
unbalanced
implausible
slippery
scandalous
sketchy
furtive
unethical
inglorious
unrelatable
breaking new ground
indefinable
dicey
technical
illegible
uncouth
eerily
magic
whacko
numinous
supernal
borderline
random
spine-tingling
vacillating
potentially illegal
potentially dishonest
gray
US
grey
UK
very different
off-beat
off the rails
bugged out
apocryphal
blear
stupendous
far-fetched
hare-brained
make-believe
inexpressible
limited
guileful
all Greek to someone
all Greek to you
double Dutch
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
not easily understood
anagogic
incognoscible
periphrastic
prevaricating
circumlocutory
nameless
untrustworthy
unidentified
awe-inspiring
astounding
interesting
unordinary
untried
newfangled
blurry
equivocating
unanalysable
UK
unreliable
phony
US
difficult to believe
beguiling
undivulged
farfetched
deceitful
nefarious
crafty
underhand
unprincipled
special
personalised
UK
specialised
UK
customised
UK
unexplicit
muzzy
open
fuzzy
unfathomed
phoney
UK
fluky
of doubtful honesty
rings untrue
won't wash
too much
open to doubt
not kosher
unspecified
unfixed
striking
two-edged
unrecognized
US
unapprehended
pending
double-dealing
bent
unlawful
illegal
yet to be decided
unnoted
unperceived
unrecognised
UK
noteless
outrageous
undercover
impassive
unanalyzable
US
insensible
unquantifiable
fugitive
Bohemian
surreptitious
imponderable
awesome
uneasy
outside
in limbo
expressionless
crawly
deadpan
foreign-looking
impalpable
hard to describe
hard to define
tenuous
far out
avant garde
quiet
unreadable
hush-hush
hugger-mugger
impossible to interpret
poker-faced
anomalistic
scarce
off-base
off-colour
UK
off-color
US
like nothing on earth
more ❯
“Bobby had to give up on the Sudoku puzzle as it was too
difficult
.”
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
fussy
picky
particular
choosy
demanding
finicky
fastidious
critical
finical
perfectionist
inflexible
uncompromising
rigorous
intractable
obstinate
tough
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
disapproving
strict
unreasonable
cavilling
UK
hard
harsh
imperious
nagging
overexacting
querulous
stringent
unbending
obdurate
hypercritical
caviling
US
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
hardheaded
overcritical
overscrupulous
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
grim
unrelenting
boorish
rigid
immovable
inexorable
irascible
pitiless
resolute
unyielding
captious
dogmatic
oppressive
prickly
chippy
crotchety
disputatious
disputative
ornery
hard to please
over-particular
high-maintenance
fault-finding
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
exacting
choosey
pernickety
fussbudgety
overnice
dainty
persnickety
finicking
punctilious
old-maidish
delicate
nice
squeamish
nit-picking
nit-picky
discriminating
nitpicking
faddy
scrupulous
careful
pedantic
stickling
pass-remarkable
faddish
painstaking
selective
exact
overparticular
meticulous
assiduous
hairsplitting
carping
firm
prissy
obsessive
fretful
hair-splitting
fuddy-duddy
difficult to please
fussbudget
trying
discerning
clamorous
tiresome
judgmental
judgemental
troublesome
insistent
exigent
unmanageable
fractious
fine
detailed
overprecise
tricky
unsparing
stubborn
quibbling
needy
possessive
fiddly
demeaning
censorious
serious
cynical
over-fastidious
heedful
conscionable
overfastidious
precious
punctual
picky-picky
old maidish
old womanish
precise
refined
overdelicate
sedulous
queasy
thorough
impossible to please
very careful
easily disgusted
entreating
niggling
severe
rejective
pushy
persistent
earnest
determined
solicitous
pressing
harassing
overeager
tenacious
dogged
aggressive
clamant
stern
pettifogging
exceptive
sarcastic
negative
imperative
unremitting
continuous
crying
incessant
repeated
criticizing
US
Rhadamanthean
Rhadamanthine
nitpicky
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
petty
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
criticising
UK
very critical
pleading
beseeching
intense
begging
condemning
persuasive
reproachful
contemptuous
urgent
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
judgy
derogatory
scolding
critic
humbling
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
suppliant
annoying
overly solicitous
high-pressure
more ❯
“She quit her job because her boss had a penchant for being
difficult
.”
Adjective
▲
Stubborn, or inclined to do the opposite of what is expected or demanded
stubborn
recalcitrant
wilful
willful
intractable
obstinate
refractory
contrary
headstrong
obdurate
unreasonable
mulish
intransigent
pertinacious
opinionated
disobliging
stroppy
pigheaded
unmanageable
froward
cantankerous
hardheaded
troublesome
steadfast
argumentative
obstreperous
quarrelsome
contrarious
trying
indomitable
opinionative
unpredictable
fractious
querulous
feisty
fiendish
ungracious
stiff-necked
bull-headed
hard-nosed
strong-minded
single-minded
wrong-headed
hard to handle
pig-headed
set in one's ways
unbending
unyielding
uncompromising
adamant
implacable
perverse
immovable
inflexible
dogged
determined
contumacious
unrelenting
hardened
ossified
pat
adamantine
hard
inconvincible
bullheaded
self-willed
bloody-minded
stubborn as a mule
self-opinionated
deaf to reason
cussed
unpersuadable
uncooperative
wayward
disobedient
ungovernable
insubordinate
firm
rigid
persistent
tenacious
defiant
relentless
bolshie
cross-grained
dead set on
stiff
unmalleable
unshakable
steely
unflinching
unbendable
resolved
unshakeable
persevering
uncompliant
unalterable
inexorable
dogmatic
unmoved
unbreakable
fixed
indurate
heady
convinced
with one's toes dug in
locked in
remorseless
with one's feet dug in
iron-willed
strong-willed
more ❯
“Juliet had been a
difficult
child all along. Her adoptive parents found it hard to manage her.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
grim
hostile
adverse
tough
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unfortunate
austere
dire
harsh
bad
bleak
cheerless
dark
dour
hard
injurious
negative
oppressive
perilous
awful
depressing
desolate
disagreeable
discouraging
disheartening
distressing
exacting
exigent
forbidding
foreboding
gloomy
harrowing
inauspicious
inhospitable
miserable
ominous
severe
solemn
somber
US
sombre
UK
terrible
unwelcome
worrying
bitter
black
comfortless
direful
discommodious
dismal
doleful
dreadful
glum
gray
US
grey
UK
hopeless
joyless
morose
objectionable
troublesome
unpleasant
chilling
hard-pressed
ill-boding
ill-fated
morbid
mournful
nightmarish
sad
shadowy
sinister
unfriendly
very bad
ill-omened
lurid
parlous
straitened
threatening
unpropitious
apocalyptic
messy
rocky
strained
tortured
treacherous
troubled
dangerous
disturbing
doubtful
full of hardship
grave
harmful
jeopardous
precarious
pressing
upsetting
woeful
undesirable
grievous
wretched
cataclysmic
calamitous
tragic
catastrophic
disastrous
lamentable
deplorable
heinous
sorrowful
blue
sorry
rough
brutal
rugged
trying
onerous
burdensome
heavy
excruciating
taxing
cruel
stiff
inhuman
horrible
horrendous
horrifying
weighty
stressful
searing
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
troubling
hefty
foul
poor
execrable
horrid
rotten
unpalatable
fraught
abominable
torturous
galling
unsettling
horrific
hellacious
appalling
disconcerting
atrocious
rough going
serious
sober
earnest
staid
sedate
stern
humourless
UK
portentous
key
downbeat
cold sober
quiet
humorless
US
underlined
uncomic
dreary
sullen
funereal
pessimistic
melancholy
lugubrious
despairing
drab
disadvantageous
despondent
uninviting
cynical
depressed
unhappy
disconsolate
godforsaken
fatalistic
defeatist
cold
saturnine
drear
gloom-ridden
elegiac
depressive
elegiacal
sepulchral
dreich
unpromising
dispiriting
dejected
menacing
alarmist
forlorn
murky
tenebrous
tenebrific
darkening
plutonian
demoralized
US
chill
stark
dim
lonesome
sunless
daunting
fierce
lonely
distrustful
suspicious
doubting
infelicitous
unenthusiastic
chilly
cloudy
demoralised
UK
unwelcoming
Cimmerian
Eeyorish
frightening
off-putting
anguished
doomed
untimely
downhearted
jinxed
discouraged
unlucky
inopportune
fearsome
intimidating
cursed
uncomfortable
baleful
resigned
bearish
dubious
unhopeful
jarring
ferocious
ghastly
untoward
pained
stony
mirthless
dingy
sorrowing
broken-hearted
grieving
heartbroken
grief-stricken
mourning
devastated
down
distressed
inconsolable
downcast
misanthropic
crestfallen
dolorous
worried
unsuited
God-awful
abject
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
given to looking on the black side
inconvenient
woebegone
regrettable
frightful
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
nasty
unseasonable
luckless
creepy
low-spirited
ill-suited
bodeful
afflicted
sinistrous
baneful
forsaken
awkward
destitute
unprosperous
ruinous
hapless
long-faced
terrifying
disquieting
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
hair-raising
in a bad way
ill-starred
out of luck
unapproachable
offensive
odious
repellent
abhorrent
unhospitable
glowering
repulsive
ugly
more ❯
“We are living through a
difficult
economic climate where unemployment is high.”
Adjective
▲
Disobedient in nature
disobedient
defiant
dysfunctional
rebellious
delinquent
badly behaved
ill-disciplined
mischievous
naughty
undisciplined
unruly
wayward
bad
badly-behaved
impudent
insolent
misbehaving
petulant
problematic
pugnacious
whiny
aggressive
bellicose
belligerent
cantankerous
combative
confrontational
contumacious
disorderly
disruptive
errant
erratic
rascally
recalcitrant
stubborn
trying
uncontrollable
uncooperative
argumentative
disturbed
exasperating
fierce
hostile
hot-tempered
ill-behaved
incorrigible
maladjusted
rough
rowdy
rude
scrappy
socially impaired
truculent
wilful
willful
bold
demanding
devilish
indocile
insubordinate
loudmouthed
malicious
mean
nasty
pesky
roguish
self-willed
tiresome
uncompliant
uncontainable
undisciplinable
unmanageable
unrestrainable
wearisome
irksome
peevish
sullen
troublous
“Charlie was a
difficult
child who would throw regular tantrums.”
Adjective
▲
Inopportune or inconvenient
inopportune
inconvenient
inappropriate
inexpedient
awkward
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unsuitable
bothersome
disadvantageous
improper
unfortunate
ill-chosen
ill-timed
inauspicious
incommodious
malapropos
adverse
discommoding
discommodious
ill-fitted
incongruous
misplaced
mistimed
objectionable
troublesome
unbecoming
unbefitting
uncomplimentary
undue
unfit
unfitting
unprofitable
unpropitious
unseasonable
unseemly
untimely
wrong
detrimental
unhelpful
disturbing
annoying
incommoding
disruptive
irritating
problematic
tiresome
unhandy
unwieldy
aggravating
vexatious
vexing
cumbersome
unmanageable
pestiferous
infelicitous
worrisome
distressing
badly timed
disobliging
inapt
embarrassing
premature
early
precocious
contrary
challenging
disagreeable
prejudicial
bad
prohibitive
tough
testing
disastrous
trying
untoward
inept
inapposite
incorrect
unapt
unsuited
indecorous
amiss
graceless
perverse
unhappy
ill-advised
unwelcome
tactless
clumsy
tasteless
inadvisable
injudicious
ill-judged
unwarranted
ill-suited
gauche
out of place
out of keeping
lacking in propriety
unacceptable
intrusive
regrettable
ungentlemanly
unladylike
undesirable
inapplicable
inharmonious
discordant
irregular
unprofessional
discrepant
ill-considered
erroneous
maladroit
imprudent
inadmissible
uncomely
inaccurate
abnormal
preposterous
odd
ludicrous
uncalled-for
out-of-place
out-of-season
out of order
off-base
at odds
bad form
untactful
unsynchronized
anachronistic
abortive
unlucky
indecent
indelicate
out-of-date
undignified
unconventional
impolitic
unfair
offensive
discreditable
unworthy
unmannerly
rough
funny
off-balance
beyond the pale
not done
unfitted
disproportionate
unhandsome
ungodly
tacky
unworthy of
out of line
misguided
incompetent
dull
ill-adapted
in poor taste
in bad taste
more ❯
“Your request for a favor has come at a
difficult
time.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
dreadful
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
bleak
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
hopeless
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
unpleasant
distasteful
bad
awful
horrible
irksome
disconcerting
horrific
unpalatable
uncomfortable
terrible
daunting
objectionable
ghastly
loathsome
severe
galling
macabre
horrid
torturous
disagreeable
horrifying
vile
frightful
foul
abominable
lousy
harsh
horrendous
execrable
cruel
forbidding
atrocious
gruesome
revolting
rotten
fraught
hairy
nightmarish
grisly
grave
hellacious
mean
monstrous
displeasing
unwelcome
hostile
hard
oppressed
vicious
stark
brutal
savage
trying
abhorrent
uncongenial
unpleasing
irritating
annoying
off-putting
dismaying
thankless
pitiless
merciless
ruthless
undesirable
impoverished
foreboding
sinister
vexing
unappealing
aggravating
repellent
repugnant
concerning
unenviable
unsatisfactory
austere
parlous
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
frustrating
unpropitious
inauspicious
abysmal
repulsive
disgusting
pathetic
awkward
distressed
mortifying
gross
unamusing
offensive
detestable
unsavory
US
poverty-stricken
odious
icky
nauseating
uninviting
hellish
sickening
obnoxious
yukky
yucky
unkind
fearful
grody
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
sour
bothersome
repellant
invidious
perplexing
ominous
unrewarding
fruitless
unfulfilling
moving
depressed
drear
fierce
mournful
dingy
piteous
plangent
derisible
pensive
lugubrious
dark
testing
intense
mighty
very bad
irritable
bewildering
troubled
tear-jerking
uncoveted
unwanted
harmful
hateful
acute
mephitical
revulsive
sullen
terribly bad
crashing
injurious
destructive
rancid
pesky
wicked
heavy
taxing
discommoding
provoking
burdensome
wearisome
toilsome
unattractive
unpopular
threatening
onerous
startling
inconvenient
tiresome
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
harassing
consequential
laborious
unwished-for
humourless
UK
sober
crummy
humorless
US
unbearable
solemn
numbing
anxiety provoking
stinking
unendurable
hideous
lurid
unacceptable
sedate
diabolical
uncool
grotty
godawful
ugly
affecting
nauseous
anguished
beastly
extremely bad
direful
terrifying
scary
unspeakable
fearsome
formidable
intimidating
redoubtable
hair-raising
spine-chilling
stupefying
astonishing
chilling
amazing
surprising
stunning
staggering
outrageous
scandalous
disgraceful
grotesque
unsightly
obscene
scaring
heartstopping
petrifying
grewsome
fulsome
noxious
overwhelming
terrific
nightmare
evil
noisome
glaring
heinous
from hell
dread
bloodcurdling
menacing
dangerous
causing fear
eerie
creepy
spooky
baleful
eldritch
blood-curdling
spine-tingling
touching
astounding
stirring
emotional
jolting
flabbergasting
dumbfounding
jarring
extraordinary
blindsiding
unexpected
sentimental
dumfounding
plaintive
remarkable
impressive
unforeseen
impactful
nostalgic
sudden
expressive
tearful
passionate
dramatic
tender
eye-opening
jaw-dropping
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
ticklish
tricky
delicate
thorny
problematic
sensitive
knotty
sticky
prickly
tough
awkward
problematical
touchy
hairy
dodgy
troublesome
complicated
nasty
controversial
catchy
tricksy
complex
spiny
hard
intricate
involved
trying
taxing
vexatious
irksome
precarious
convoluted
upsetting
worrying
bothersome
critical
risky
uncertain
dangerous
volatile
vexed
concerning
unstable
nice
chancy
rocky
unsteady
capricious
changeable
fickle
inconstant
mercurial
temperamental
variable
perplexing
uncomfortable
dicey
embarrassing
baffling
puzzling
unpleasant
emotive
nettlesome
unpredictable
paradoxical
contentious
humiliating
uneasy
formidable
iffy
compromising
painful
cringey
cringeworthy
fiddly
cringe-making
loaded
gnarly
intractable
mystifying
tender
provocative
heated
harassing
severe
divisive
scandalous
wicked
rough
catch-22
like herding cats
sophisticated
profound
strenuous
heavy
annoying
rugged
hair-trigger
laborious
kid-glove
operose
discomforting
subtle
touch-and-go
disconcerting
flustering
discomfiting
penetrating
searching
demeaning
distressing
degrading
embarrassed
inconvenient
untimely
discountenancing
discomposing
disturbing
excruciating
incommodious
exasperating
shameful
toe-curling
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a rebellious or aggressive streak or nature
unyielding
recalcitrant
intractable
disobedient
contrary
refractory
defiant
ungovernable
wayward
wilful
rebellious
insubordinate
obstreperous
unmanageable
unruly
willful
uncontrollable
balky
contumacious
untoward
rebel
uncooperative
froward
obstinate
unaccommodating
recusant
unreasonable
incompliant
obstructive
restive
disorderly
disobliging
bolshie
unamenable
stroppy
fractious
turbulent
disaffected
truculent
incorrigible
revolutionary
resistant
unobliging
discourteous
uncivil
unsympathetic
disagreeable
unfriendly
unpleasant
dissentient
malcontent
nonconformist
quarrelsome
rude
unamiable
uncongenial
contentious
ornery
anarchistic
bellicose
factious
iconoclastic
individualistic
militant
negativistic
pugnacious
threatening
treacherous
treasonable
warring
insolent
disputatious
bloody-minded
passive-aggressive
ill-natured
perverse
awkward
stubborn
undisciplined
troublesome
headstrong
cantankerous
unhelpful
irritable
wild
crabby
grumpy
mutinous
grouchy
peevish
testy
tetchy
petulant
prickly
cussed
surly
touchy
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
snappy
ratty
splenetic
dyspeptic
contrarious
snappish
chippy
crusty
incontrollable
curmudgeonly
narky
choleric
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
irascible
thrawn
argumentative
crabbed
delinquent
cross
crotchety
disruptive
cranky
obdurate
sulky
pettish
sullen
waspish
bilious
sour
churlish
eggy
morose
moody
self-willed
querulous
rowdy
short-tempered
badly behaved
cross-grained
pigheaded
naughty
peppery
noncompliant
soreheaded
unwilling
errant
peckish
shirty
miffy
snaky
out of control
like a bear with a sore head
quick-tempered
fiery
trying
impatient
liverish
bearish
scratchy
inflexible
out of sorts
hot-tempered
tiresome
brusque
huffy
pervicacious
uptight
captious
acid
shrewish
spiteful
stuffy
out of hand
out of temper
in a bad mood
mischievous
mulish
unbending
lawless
fretful
uncompromising
angry
riotous
glum
ungracious
bitter
mean
whingy
complaining
snarky
miserable
impolite
edgy
undisciplinable
snippy
annoying
vexatious
renitent
snippety
blunt
waxy
impossible
whingeing
raspy
tough
sorehead
uncompliant
obstinately disobedient
on edge
exasperating
curt
hostile
problematic
belligerent
unresponsive
anarchic
gruff
critical
boisterous
pouty
violent
strong-willed
irrepressible
antagonistic
abrupt
uncontrolled
negative
unbiddable
discontented
harsh
unsociable
erratic
cynical
rascally
troublemaking
nasty
dissident
acrimonious
roguish
impish
pouting
bull-headed
impetuous
inimical
fussy
hotheaded
whiny
indocile
acrid
tart
waspy
dour
as cross as two sticks
on a short fuse
ill-disciplined
vinegary
non-compliant
short-fused
intransigent
bad
misbehaving
unsupportive
opinionated
confrontational
aberrant
unpredictable
stiff-necked
lawbreaking
tense
opposing
unrestrained
noncooperating
noncooperative
grumbling
insurgent
disgruntled
scrappy
humourless
UK
humorless
US
whining
scowling
misanthropic
seditious
boorish
terse
dissatisfied
carping
capricious
unsmiling
mopey
sinful
reckless
rough
indomitable
displeased
wrong
vicious
moping
unbridled
gloomy
iracund
iracundulous
antipathetic
ugly
adverse
arsey
radical
grousing
thin-skinned
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humour
out of humor
mumpish
hard to handle
in a mood
saturnine
fault-finding
attention-seeking
ill-mannered
chuffy
determined
impudent
piqued
fickle
vehement
indignant
uneager
begrudging
grudging
bullheaded
vinegarish
plaintive
murmuring
unpliable
insurrectionary
unpersuadable
restless
sabotaging
censorious
unmalleable
nonobservant
having short fuse
hot under collar
unindulgent
challenging
unbearable
undependable
intolerable
rotten
contemptible
resistive
hard-nosed
pesky
delaying
disputative
demurring
contradictory
badly-behaved
stalling
self-indulgent
immoral
arbitrary
tooshie
inconsiderate
unadaptable
stubborn as a mule
immovable
grumbly
huffy irascible
salty
moaning
hard to please
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
crying
deploring
lamenting
sticky
disturbed
maladjusted
unreciprocate
unreciprocating
nonreciprocal
flyaway
discommodious
incommodious
difficult to handle
misbehaved
chaotic
paradoxical
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
disagreeing
demanding
hindering
tricky
intemperate
crazy
hysterical
nuts
madcap
insurmountable
berserk
pig-headed
wrongheaded
converse
rock-ribbed
playful
anarchical
temperamental
not cooperative
inhibiting
huffish
sensitive
feisty
bristly
volatile
impulsive
wicked
offending
rash
uproarious
oversensitive
ireful
pertinacious
tumultuous
raucous
deviating
tricksy
brattish
scampish
puckish
prankish
impervious
imprudent
forward
assertive
heedless
inexorable
rumbustious
snarling
resentful
hypercritical
exasperated
crybaby
rambunctious
out of line
tempestuous
problem
teasing
fiendish
gallus
wanton
worthless
resisting
sinning
guilty
blocking
unconstructive
restrictive
annoyed
brooding
rampageous
insubmissive
full of mischief
evil
bad-mannered
rampaging
withstanding
having got out of bed on the wrong side
hot under the collar
growling
sharp
caviling
US
sore
passionate
griping
malicious
venomous
fretting
short
childish
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
cavilling
UK
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
easily offended
thorny
burdensome
knotty
adversarial
culpable
transgressing
criminal
deviant
dissenting
aggressive
straying
complex
insoluble
opposed
combative
oppositional
erring
dissentious
uncomplying
fallible
impossible to cope with
inhospitable
wrathful
conflicting
disapproving
vitriolic
jaundiced
virulent
stray
miscreant
devious
errable
heretic
off straight and narrow
unreliable
adversative
accusatorial
allergic
oppugnant
opposite
reluctant
unreceptive
ill-disposed
at odds
oppugning
cruel
unlikable
mean-spirited
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dangerous or full of peril
perilous
dangerous
hazardous
risky
unsafe
precarious
parlous
serious
grave
chancy
threatening
dicey
uncertain
hairy
insecure
treacherous
grievous
unsound
critical
menacing
delicate
unstable
vulnerable
problematic
shaky
jeopardising
UK
jeopardizing
US
unhealthy
exposed
gnarly
venturesome
desperate
touchy
ticklish
unsure
unsteady
extreme
terrifying
dynamite
wicked
loaded
rugged
touch-and-go
fraught with danger
in danger
in jeopardy
at risk
on thin ice
death-defying
playing with fire
Russian roulette
tricky
dodgy
sticky
unpredictable
iffy
high-risk
jeopardous
ominous
slippery
rocky
alarming
harmful
thorny
hot
lethal
haphazard
problematical
unchancy
dubious
erratic
fluctuant
capricious
awkward
incalculable
life-threatening
dire
terrible
ugly
unreliable
bad
speculative
awful
reckless
acute
severe
dreadful
urgent
nasty
deadly
worrying
breakneck
fatal
dangersome
profound
explosive
doubtful
exigent
very bad
pressing
life-and-death
daredevil
hanging by a thread
drastic
destructive
tottery
volatile
frightful
adventurous
unsettled
egregious
daring
shonky
imperative
crucial
burning
compelling
vital
tense
clamant
crying
emergent
importunate
imperious
malignant
heavy
necessitous
important
instant
sensitive
compromisable
undependable
in the balance
viperous
venturous
appalling
volcanic
defenceless
UK
peracute
essential
defenseless
US
catastrophic
decisive
sore
afflictive
all-important
knife-edge
highly charged
tragic
nerve-racking
long shot
out on a limb
horrible
unsettling
sobering
painful
brutal
ghastly
unpleasant
sickening
upsetting
grim
dark
excessive
scary
foolhardy
distressing
taxing
wobbly
charged
woeful
forbidding
unknown
endangered
overwrought
tight
unclear
cliffhanging
inflammable
consequential
ruinous
tenuous
strained
anxious
suicidal
combustible
stressful
hanging in the balance
wide-open
weighty
significant
on a slippery slope
built on sand
vague
flimsy
on slippery ground
calamitous
mortal
up in the air
hanging by thread
formidable
suspect
nebulous
queasy
intolerable
lamentable
hopeless
deplorable
on collision course
unprotected
not safe
rickety
toxic
threatened
injurious
untrustworthy
fearsome
poor
sorry
outrageous
lousy
turbulent
eruptive
fragile
feeble
open to attack
on a limb
irredeemable
irretrievable
chronic
inflammatory
easily threatened
full of upheavals
potentially violent
in turmoil
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a literary work
)
Overly serious or difficult
heavy
tedious
dull
dry
serious
over-serious
heavy-going
dreary
boring
turgid
uninteresting
wearisome
dry as dust
deadly
banal
drab
labored
US
laborious
laboured
UK
mind-numbing
monotonous
dense
unreadable
inarticulate
incomprehensible
heavy going
badly written
humdrum
flat
pedestrian
tiresome
stale
colorless
US
slow
colourless
UK
ponderous
leaden
stodgy
tiring
wearying
tame
jejune
jading
numbing
stuffy
arid
monochromatic
old
drudging
weary
stupid
dusty
ho-hum
unexciting
prosaic
lifeless
insipid
uneventful
vapid
bland
commonplace
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
uninspiring
uninspired
run-of-the-mill
unimaginative
routine
plodding
mundane
spiritless
blah
trite
characterless
unremarkable
unvaried
sterile
samey
workaday
unvarying
tired
repetitious
dead
ordinary
fatiguing
prosy
wishy-washy
everyday
mediocre
common
repetitive
barren
banausic
quotidian
wooden
soporific
nothing
nondescript
enervating
exhausting
bromidic
nowhere
bloodless
torpid
feeble
weak
monochrome
limp
vanilla
unstimulating
vacuous
dim
ho hum
sluggish
lame
featureless
mechanical
stiff
draggy
lustreless
dull as dishwater
unanimated
inoffensive
usual
unexceptional
anaemic
UK
dullsville
monotone
zestless
platitudinous
antiseptic
uniform
hackneyed
lusterless
soul-destroying
inane
anemic
US
unrelieved
non-stimulating
dreich
middle-of-the-road
lacking variety
plain
depressing
nothing to write home about
average
normal
unoriginal
unmemorable
mindless
pallid
derivative
stilted
conventional
unpassioned
pedantic
unlively
treadmill
downcast
empty
quiet
sleepy
slack
dull as ditchwater
static
plain vanilla
innocuous
expressionless
stagnant
white-bread
desolate
common or garden
pabulum
soulless
garden-variety
bog-standard
matter-of-fact
plebeian
deadly dull
weariful
dragging
unenjoyable
dismal
unentertaining
unchanging
no great shakes
day-to-day
yawnsome
big yawn
lacking excitement
lacking interest
cardboard
uninterested
tepid
undistinctive
neutral
indistinct
forced
depressed
sleep-inducing
irritating
annoying
typical
unobjectionable
customary
harmless
raw
sorrowful
dispiriting
damp
oppressive
wintry
US
windy
formal
regular
mainstream
wintery
UK
verbose
staid
safe
halfhearted
diluted
weighty
inert
recurrent
boresome
vexatious
overlong
fuddy-duddy
boiled down
without punch
toneless
prolix
bleak
dowdy
threadbare
reiterated
monotonic
samely
unchanged
charmless
interminable
mortal
poky
snooze
garden variety
standard
a dime a dozen
endless
gray
US
deadening
passionless
unspirited
grey
UK
irksome
unproductive
unprogressive
inactive
pointless
vacant
apathetic
without variety
listless
all the same
sing-song
undistinguished
flat as pancake
unfeeling
milk-and-water
watery
unexcited
mat
dulled
unexpressive
matte
puts one to sleep
one-horse
simple
passive
OK
lethargic
dead-and-alive
not fun
long-drawn-out
terrestrial
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
sapless
muted
whitebread
uncreative
truistic
lowly
emotionless
zero
straightforward
square
yawn
businesslike
unemotional
unembellished
unadorned
deadpan
cold
clean
lead balloon
namby-pamby
so-so
slothful
half-pie
hollow
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
inexpressive
cut-and-dry
joyless
lank
spent
not so hot
nitty-gritty
not up to much
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
ornery
meager
US
meagre
UK
lacking variation
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling
emotive
touching
moving
poignant
emotional
stirring
sensitive
affecting
delicate
controversial
sentimental
touchy
problematic
awkward
contentious
exciting
thrilling
affective
impassioned
inflammatory
heartwarming
affectional
heart-rending
heart-warming
tear-jerking
hot-button
tendentious
heated
subjective
meaningful
pregnant
charged
loaded
debatable
disputed
disputable
disputatious
arguable
dubious
divisive
polemical
controvertible
contended
questionable
vexed
dubitable
moot
polemic
provocative
suspect
debateable
contested
contestable
notorious
uncertain
doubtable
argued
debated
hot
challenged
questioned
doubtful
at issue
in dispute
open to discussion
open to question
under discussion
unsettled
undecided
unresolved
open to debate
iffy
unsure
open to doubt
equivocal
undetermined
borderline
up in the air
unclear
dodgy
issuable
negotiable
indecisive
open
problematical
yet to be decided
indeterminate
unconcluded
ambiguous
argumentative
in doubt
eristic
unconfirmed
indefinite
vague
inconclusive
in question
eristical
ambivalent
suspicious
fishy
unknown
ongoing
pending
unestablished
paradoxical
unreliable
mootable
unproven
fractious
marginal
sticky
chancy
on ice
on the back burner
up for discussion
in contention
much debated
impugned
unsound
shady
unlikely
shaky
queer
dialectical
dialectic
unascertained
unclassifiable
inexact
clouded
outstanding
tentative
confusing
conflicting
contradictory
unanswered
unsolved
far from certain
in the balance
unverified
unprovable
open for discussion
yet to be settled
not yet settled
apocryphal
undefined
two-edged
spurious
occult
flimsy
cryptic
enigmatic
obscure
hypothetical
contingent
not definite
under advisement
not obvious
under examination
puzzling
perplexing
riddling
subject to debate
a moot point
betwixt and between
touch-and-go
not yet established
bone of contention
a matter of opinion
up for debate
between rock and hard place
the jury's out
a controversial subject
a live issue
between sixes and sevens
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations
feisty
combative
argumentative
aggressive
belligerent
quarrelsome
bellicose
pugnacious
contentious
confrontational
truculent
militant
disputatious
warlike
scrappy
agonistic
chippy
gladiatorial
discordant
assaultive
brawly
fiery
ornery
touchy
tough
sensitive
active
courageous
spirited
spunky
excitable
enthusiastic
gutsy
alive
bubbly
energetic
frisky
game
gritty
gutty
hearty
lively
mettlesome
peppy
zestful
thin-skinned
hot-blooded
on the warpath
full-blooded
go-getting
high-strung
full of pep
hostile
cantankerous
litigious
captious
fractious
disputative
controversial
polemical
cavilling
UK
polemic
dissentious
caviling
US
contrary
perverse
awkward
irascible
irritable
antagonistic
petulant
warring
choleric
factious
defiant
threatening
snappy
peevish
battling
pettish
fighting
querulous
cross
hotheaded
grouchy
stroppy
tempestuous
arguesome
arsey
ructious
crabby
wrangling
bickering
huffy
violent
brawling
unruly
passionate
offensive
churlish
impassioned
war
turbulent
ill-tempered
quick-tempered
bad-tempered
hot-tempered
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
fierce
aggers
oppugnant
adversarial
mean
inimical
spoiling for a fight
unfriendly
nasty
militaristic
bolshie
biffo
challenging
have a bone to pick
inhospitable
testy
loudmouthed
martial
hawkish
warmongering
snarly
ardent
hot
flip
rebellious
dissentient
at loggerheads
on the outs
salty
have it in for
sabre-rattling
having a chip on one's shoulder
destructive
military
narky
sullen
contending
prickly
rancorous
snappish
jingoistic
provocative
angry
malevolent
pushy
bloodthirsty
strident
negativistic
passive-aggressive
ferocious
spiky
opinionated
up in arms
looking for trouble
ready to fight
determined
plucky
battleful
uncooperative
cussed
adverse
disruptive
rough
acrimonious
intimidating
itching
menacing
forbidding
hard
harsh
disagreeable
glowering
stern
browbeating
terrorizing
US
bullying
covertly narcissistic
terrorising
UK
splenetic
miffy
exasperated
abusive
surly
dissenting
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
disagreeing
grumpy
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
under arms
self-assertive
itching to fight
combating
cranky
soreheaded
unkind
antipathetic
fretful
mighty
peppery
embattled
warrish
short-tempered
radical
extremist
extreme
forceful
fanatical
zealous
revolutionary
assertory
ultra-active
two-fisted
in arms
psychopathic
conflictory
conflictive
conflictional
conflictual
conflictful
attacking
sanguinary
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a muddy or sticky consistency
heavy
clayey
clay
viscous
viscid
muddy
sticky
glutinous
gluey
wet
claggy
clarty
gooey
gloopy
cloggy
mucky
gloppy
sodden
soggy
swampy
caked
murky
slimy
sloppy
thick
gelatinous
gummy
mucilaginous
syrupy
treacly
marshy
boggy
miry
squelchy
quaggy
slushy
waterlogged
soft
fenny
watery
oozy
spongy
saturated
sopping
squishy
clammy
soaked
moist
paludal
damp
drenched
dank
soaking
pappy
soppy
dripping
pulpy
muggy
squidgy
humid
mushy
doughy
awash
bathed
bedraggled
washed
watered
doused
dowsed
pasty
pulpous
soused
squashy
logged
saturate
wringing
sultry
water-soaked
soaked through
dripping wet
soft and wet
wringing wet
semi-liquid
sopping wet
wet through
over-moist
mossy
sloughy
uliginose
marish
peaty
moory
sludgy
bemired
clogged
gunky
yielding
inundated
mucous
dirty
scummy
muculent
filthy
subfuse
greasy
drowned
streaming
droukit
water-logged
soaked to the skin
wringing-wet
soaking wet
like a drowned rat
yukky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind
mind-boggling
exciting
stimulating
stirring
rousing
thrilling
exhilarating
electrifying
inspiring
intoxicating
breathtaking
galvanising
UK
galvanizing
US
charged
exhilarative
electric
galvanic
kicky
amazing
overwhelming
astonishing
wonderful
stunning
challenging
spectacular
startling
stupendous
staggering
baffling
complex
complicated
confusing
puzzling
surprising
mind-blowing
heart-stopping
hair-raising
mind-bending
rip-roaring
eye-opening
astounding
incredible
awesome
extraordinary
wondrous
remarkable
unbelievable
sensational
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
miraculous
fantastic
fabulous
prodigious
eye-popping
awe-inspiring
phenomenal
sublime
dramatic
jaw-dropping
impressive
striking
tremendous
exceptional
out of this world
moving
magnificent
unimaginable
portentous
fascinating
amazeballs
brilliant
inconceivable
stupefying
fantastical
invigorating
US
enthralling
outstanding
shocking
unheard of
envigorating
UK
unique
dazzling
glorious
terrific
awful
flabbergasting
gripping
unthinkable
splendid
unusual
unreal
magical
stellar
fab
out of the ordinary
rare
imposing
unprecedented
unparalleled
riveting
enchanting
special
lively
jolting
captivating
animating
enlivening
inspiriting
beyond belief
spine-tingling
implausible
improbable
unlikely
impossible
intense
inspirational
majestic
preposterous
emotional
superlative
energizing
US
heady
dumbfounding
provocative
arousing
spirited
strange
blindsiding
jarring
great
bewildering
superior
dumfounding
memorable
energetic
dynamic
far-out
confounding
anthemic
hard to swallow
unheard-of
stem-winding
energising
UK
notable
singular
unconvincing
grand
beautiful
incredulous
uncommon
uncompelling
unconceivable
impassioned
surpassing
emotive
passionate
superb
sensorial
bewitching
awe-striking
incogitable
refreshing
unusually good
stimulative
animated
super
touching
heavy
freakish
outlandish
beguiling
utmost
soul-stirring
empyreal
too good to be true
splendorous
out-of-this-world
emotion-charged
gee-whizz
thought-provoking
noteworthy
marked
formidable
significant
unspeakable
ineffable
unutterable
humbling
particular
distinctive
signal
theatrical
doubtful
heart-stirring
interesting
motivating
weak
compelling
mind-altering
hallucinatory
encouraging
unimagined
excellent
preternatural
explosive
thin
intriguing
unsubstantial
untold
provoking
incomprehensible
delightful
bizarre
psychedelic
arresting
cherished
perfect
magic
extraordinaire
unthought of
suspenseful
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
phony
US
unknowable
befuddling
wild
vigorous
unforeseen
bad
resplendent
like a dream come true
flustering
beyond the realm of reason
awakening
unsettling
first-class
smashing
unnerving
cliffhanging
state-of-the-art
divine
unannounced
freaky
unanticipated
far out
fantabulous
phoney
UK
won't wash
knife-edge
exhilarant
blissful
enthusiastic
fabled
undreamed of
beyond one's wildest dreams
too much
heavenly
first-rate
full of it
ethereal
action-packed
exalting
enlightening
scarcely credible
fairy-tale
fairytale-like
unexpected
hearty
dream-filled
noticeable
monumental
fine
galvanical
hard to believe
inflammatory
agitational
something else
compulsive
elating
absorbing
overcoming
superhuman
better than expected
disturbing
disquieting
never to be forgotten
unforgettable
eye-catching
picturesque
tense
supreme
especial
buzzy
volatile
adrenalized
causing excitement
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
anomalous
royal
considerable
ideal
appealing
eminent
substantial
huge
extra special
surpassing belief
dynamite
radical
titillating
indescribable
bracing
sparkling
entertaining
monstrous
inexplicable
providential
unaccountable
numinous
unconventional
distinguished
prominent
sexy
standout
adrenalizing
exalté
piquant
giving one food for thought
vitalizing
magnetic
unco
incomparable
inimitable
engrossing
revitalising
UK
quickening
boisterous
rollicking
one and only
buzzworthy
giddy
ripping
revitalizing
US
adrenaline-fueled
animative
riotous
exhilaratory
inviting
enticing
mesmerizing
US
entrancing
coruscating
spellbinding
uplifting
matchless
mesmerising
UK
attention-grabbing
mesmeric
charming
way-out
topping
wizard
ace
brill
bonzer
tip-top
out of sight
top-notch
capital
top-hole
peerless
wicked
awing
spiffing
very good
cool
motivational
affecting
powerful
unordinary
heartening
devastating
inapprehensible
not understandable
undreamed-of
influential
persuasive
inciting
meaningful
impactful
poignant
instigative
impelling
vibrant
triggering
instigating
piquing
affective
nerve-racking
adrenaline-charged
edge-of-the-seat
legendary
extravagant
immense
outrageous
flakey
US
difficult to believe
kooky
flimsy
fanciful
dubious
harebrained
fishy
for the birds
cock-and-bull
cockamamie
won't hold water
reaching
full of holes
scatterbrained
far-fetched
flaky
UK
cockeyed
lamebrained
past belief
infeasible
screwy
open to doubt
suspect
questionable
absurd
shaking
trembling
frantic
blood-tingling
exquisite
shivering
quaking
large
mad
vibrating
swinging
boss
zero cool
shuddering
rad
ridiculous
top drawer
ludicrous
reachy
insupposable
not to be thought of
extremely implausible
out of the question
beyond reason
won't fly
extremely unlikely
imcomprehensible
extremely doubtful
beyond the bounds of possibility
extremely difficult to believe
not in the least likely
goshwowboyoboy
blinding
goshwow
theatric
some
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Challenging to describe, impossible to put into words, or inarticulate
unsayable
impossible
inarticulate
unpronounceable
ineffable
inexpressible
unspeakable
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