PROBLEMATIC Synonyms

• marked by or capable of arousing controversy

• open to doubt or debate

• open to argument or debate

• capable of being disproved

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• hard to control

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• tangled in knots or snarls

• causing difficulty or annoyance

• causing irritation or annoyance

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• involving or likely to cause controversy

• of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

• capable of being disproved

• open to argument or debate

• having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• having the sticky properties of an adhesive

• moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body

• hot or warm and humid

• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

• covered with an adhesive material

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• not to be trusted

• having concealed difficulty

• marked by skill in deception

• extremely annoying or displeasing

• causing irritation or annoyance

• not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe