baffling (s)
elusive (s)
knotty (s)
problematic (s)
problematical (s)
tough#2 (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def making great mental demands
def hard to comprehend or solve or believe
examples a baffling problem
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
a problematic situation at home
Outgoing links
Similar to difficult, hard
Derivationally related form tough → toughness
Derivationally related form problematical → problem
Derivationally related form problematic → problem
Derivationally related form knotty → knottiness
Incoming links
Similar to difficult, hard
Derived from adjective problematically → problematic
Derivationally related form toughness → tough
Derivationally related form knottiness → knotty
Derivationally related form problem → problematical
Derivationally related form problem → problematic

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