thought-provoking

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not easy to deal with or understand
difficultIt's very difficult to find a job in this city.
hardThe exam was really hard.
complicatedThe instructions were so complicated I just couldn't follow them.
complexDesigning a house is a complex process.
trickyIt's quite tricky getting the puzzle pieces to fit together.
He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.他从这家公司辞职以便能够从事更有挑战性的工作。
She doesn't find the general knowledge crossword challenging enough.
You did that so well that I'm going to give you something a bit more challenging to do this time.
It's when you find yourself in a really challenging situation that you find out what you are capable of.
Some of the scenes were extremely challenging for an inexperienced actor.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult to understand
abstruse
abstrusely
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambiguously
esoterically
fathomless
fathomlessly
garble
get it into your thick headidiom
labyrinthine
lost
non-intuitive
obscurely
obscurity
unreadable
verbiage
verbosely
verbosity
wasted on someoneidiom

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Complicated and difficult to do

challenging | Business English

challenging
adjective
uk /ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/us
difficult to deal with or achieve, especially in a way that forces you to prove your skill or determination to succeed:
a challenging and exciting job that will offer you the freedom to develop your skills
The year ahead will be challenging for us all.