Tricky

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.