gnarly

difficult

ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lt

adjective

needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

she had a difficult decision to make

hard,strenuous,arduous,laborious,heavy,tough,onerous,burdensome,demanding,punishing,gruelling,grinding,back-breaking,painful,exhausting,tiring,fatiguing,wearing,wearying,wearisome,hellish,killing,knackering,toilsome,exigent,problematic,puzzling,baffling,perplexing,confusing,mystifying,mysterious,complicated,complex,involved,intricate,knotty,thorny,ticklish,obscure,abstract,abstruse,recondite,enigmatic,impenetrable,unfathomable,over one’s head,above one’s head,beyond one,fiddly,sticky,no picnic,gnarly,wildering,involute,involuted

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diciest

ˈdʌɪsi

adjective

unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

food supplies have been dicey in recent months

risky,uncertain,unpredictable,touch-and-go,precarious,unsafe,dangerous,perilous,high-risk,hazardous,fraught with danger,tricky,ticklish,delicate,difficult,awkward,thorny,problematical,problematic,unchancy,chancy,hairy,sticky,iffy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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dicier

ˈdʌɪsi

adjective

unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

food supplies have been dicey in recent months

risky,uncertain,unpredictable,touch-and-go,precarious,unsafe,dangerous,perilous,high-risk,hazardous,fraught with danger,tricky,ticklish,delicate,difficult,awkward,thorny,problematical,problematic,unchancy,chancy,hairy,sticky,iffy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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dicey

ˈdʌɪsi

adjective

unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

food supplies have been dicey in recent months

risky,uncertain,unpredictable,touch-and-go,precarious,unsafe,dangerous,perilous,high-risk,hazardous,fraught with danger,tricky,ticklish,delicate,difficult,awkward,thorny,problematical,problematic,unchancy,chancy,hairy,sticky,iffy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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chancy

ˈtʃɑːnsi

adjective

involving risks and uncertainty.

football coaching is a chancy business

risky,unpredictable,uncertain,speculative,precarious,problematical,unsettled,unsafe,insecure,exposed,touch-and-go,tricky,treacherous,dangerous,fraught with danger,high-risk,hazardous,perilous,dicey,sticky,hairy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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chanciest

ˈtʃɑːnsi

adjective

involving risks and uncertainty.

football coaching is a chancy business

risky,unpredictable,uncertain,speculative,precarious,problematical,unsettled,unsafe,insecure,exposed,touch-and-go,tricky,treacherous,dangerous,fraught with danger,high-risk,hazardous,perilous,dicey,sticky,hairy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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chancier

ˈtʃɑːnsi

adjective

involving risks and uncertainty.

football coaching is a chancy business

risky,unpredictable,uncertain,speculative,precarious,problematical,unsettled,unsafe,insecure,exposed,touch-and-go,tricky,treacherous,dangerous,fraught with danger,high-risk,hazardous,perilous,dicey,sticky,hairy,dodgy,gnarly,parlous

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