look difficult
Frequency: 7.025.1 per million words
To appear to be hard to do or understand.
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Examples (10)
- The puzzle looks difficult, but I think I can solve it.
- At first, the exam questions looked difficult, but they were actually quite straightforward.
- Climbing that mountain looks difficult and dangerous.
- Does this math problem look difficult to you?
- The instructions look incredibly difficult to follow.
- The upcoming merger negotiations look difficult, with both sides far apart on key issues.
- This recipe looks difficult, but it only has five steps.
- Learning to play the violin looks difficult because it requires a lot of practice.
- The final project looks difficult, so we should start early.
- While the assignment looks difficult on paper, the professor assured us it's manageable.