Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Difficulty or challenge
adj
(obsolete) insatiable
n
The condition of being abrasive; abrasiveness
n
The state or quality of being afflicted.
n
The state or quality of being alarming.
n
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
n
The state or quality of being ardent.
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The state of being arduous.
n
The quality of being askew.
n
The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
n
The state or property of being assiduous.
n
The state or quality of being astonishing.
n
The state or condition of being bittersweet.
n
A person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged or exploited.
n
(in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular type of bottom.
n
The characteristic of being broken.
n
The state or quality of being burdensome.
n
The state of being busy.
n
Quality or degree of being challenging.
n
Quality of being chastened.
n
The state of being complex; entanglement.
n
The state or quality of being complicated.
n
(obsolete) Complicatedness, complexity.
n
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
n
The quality of being congested.
n
The quality of being contorted.
n
The quality of being convoluted.
n
The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
n
The state or quality of being crowded.
n
The quality of being daunting.
n
The quality or state of being deflated.
n
(obsolete) The state or quality of being difficile.
n
The state or quality of being difficult.
n
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
n
The ease with which a person's concentration can be interfered with by external stimulation or by irrelevant thoughts
adj
(dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
n
(psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity
n
The quality or state of being encumbered.
n
The state or condition of being endangered (especially of a species).
n
Quality of being exhausting.
n
The quality of being fastigiate.
n
The quality of being fatiguing.
n
The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
n
The quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness.
n
strictness; mental strength
n
The state of being bland : dullness
n
The state or quality of being forced.
n
(rare, in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular type of forehead.
n
Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
n
The quality of being gripping.
n
(of a plant) Ability to withstand extreme conditions, hardiness.
n
(obsolete) Hardship; fatigue.
n
An instance of this quality; hardship.
n
Physical condition.
n
Obsolete form of intemperance. [Lack of moderation or temperance; excess.]
n
The quality of being irritative.
n
The state of being labor-intensive
n
The state or quality of being mind-blowing.
n
The quality, state, or condition of having more (to do); excessiveness.
n
(obsolete) hardness
n
The state or characteristic of being onerous.
n
The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
n
The state or property of being percussive.
n
The quality of being perplexing.
n
The quality of being pestilential.
n
The quality of being ponderous.
n
The quality of being problematic.
n
The condition of being problematic
n
The quality of being problematic.
n
(obsolete) profundity
n
The quality of being provocative; provocative behaviour.
adv
(informal, nonstandard) Rampantly.
n
Quality of being rampant.
n
The condition of being relaxed
n
The state of being restrictive.
n
Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
n
The quality of being rushing.
n
The property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.
n
The quality of being serried.
n
The property of being severe.
n
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
n
(rare, nonstandard) The condition of being started.
n
(obsolete) steepness
n
(uncountable) The state or quality of being steep.
n
The quality of being stentorious.
n
(rare) The quality of being stern.
n
(uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
n
Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
n
(obsolete) Stoicism.
n
The quality of being strained.
n
(obsolete) strenuousness; activity
n
The state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
n
The state or quality of being stringent.
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The state or condition of being strong; strength.
n
The state of being stubborn.
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The quality of being subdued.
n
The state or quality of being surprised.
n
The quality of being taunting.
n
(obsolete) tediousness
n
(obsolete) temerity
n
The quality of being thrilling.
n
the state of being tight-lipped
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the state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness.
n
The state, quality, or condition of being toilful.
n
The quality of being toilsome.
n
The state or quality of being tragical.
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Quality of being trenchant.
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The state or condition of being troublesome.
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The state or condition of being trying (arduous, difficult to endure).
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The quality of being tumultuous.
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Harshness, roughness.
n
The state of being vexatious.
n
the state of being warm-blooded
n
The quality or state of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness.

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