challengingadjective
uk/ˈtʃæl.ɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈtʃæl.ɪn.dʒɪŋ/B1 difficult, in a way that tests your ability or determination:
This has been a challenging time for us all.
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- He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- impalpable
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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Complicated and difficult to do