Tricky

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Problematic

Synonyms Difficult, problematic, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, touch-and-go, knotty, complex, convoluted, embarrassing, dicey, gnarly, awkward, delicate, sensitive, risky, precarious, thorny, involved, complicated, vexed, sticky, and hairy.

Guileful

Synonyms Cunning, wily, guileful, scheming, slippery, deceitful, duplicitous, disingenuous, snide, shifty, dodgy, shonky, carny, crafty, artful, devious, sly, slick, deceptive, dishonest, Machiavellian, foxy, fly, slim, and subtle.

Example Sentences

This puzzle is really tricky.

He asked a tricky question.

The tricky part is getting the timing right.

That was a tricky decision to make.

She's good at solving tricky problems.

It was a tricky situation for everyone involved.

The tricky road made driving difficult.

He played a tricky move in the game.

Tricky math problems take extra time.

The tricky layout confused the visitors.