Today we will learn more about other ways to say ‘difficult’.

You can review the first lesson here https://englishtips4u.com/2019/05/12/engvocab-other-ways-to-say-difficult/

Let’s start.

• Onerous: involving a great deal of effort, trouble or difficulty (of a task or responsibility).

E.g. “This is the most onerous task I have ever done.”

• Herculean: requiring great strength or effort.

E.g. “Moving the stove will be a herculean endeavor.”

• Knotty: extremely difficult or intricate

E.g. “The new management team faces some knotty problems.”

• Cumbersome: difficult to use or handle; very complicated and inefficient.

E.g. “Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.”

• Sisyphean: impossible to complete (of a task).

E.g. “It is a sisyphean endeavor to get the two company to work together in a constructive manner.”

Compiled and written by @sherlydarmali for @EnglishTips4U on Sunday, May 12, 2019.