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rough go

ADJECTIVE

formidable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous challenging intimidating onerous powerful tough tremendous

WEAK

all-powerful ballbuster colossal effortful hard labored laborious mighty overpowering puissant rough staggering strenuous toilsome tough proposition uphill

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile ineffective insignificant little small unimportant weak

WEAK

feeble friendly harmless not hard trivial

ADJECTIVE

laborious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous backbreaking burdensome onerous strenuous tiresome

WEAK

effortful fatiguing forced heavy herculean labored operose ponderous stiff strained toilsome tough tough job wearing wearisome wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile

WEAK

effortless idle lackadaisical lazy reticent simple trivial

NOUN

predicament

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumstance crisis deadlock dilemma hardship imbroglio impasse mess plight posture quagmire quandary

STRONG

asperity bind clutch condition corner drag emergency exigency fix hang-up hole jam juncture lot muddle pass perplexity pickle pinch position puzzle rigor scrape soup spot state strait vicissitude

WEAK

Catch-22 bad news deep water hot water large order ticklish spot tight situation trouble

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage agreement benefit blessing breakthrough solution

STRONG

boon closure ease good fortune peace success

WEAK

fix

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Restaurants have had a rough go lately as consumers, under pressure from inflation, remain on the hunt for value.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Big Tech stocks also had a rough go of it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Unsurprisingly, the stock is having a rough go of it.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

As a side note, both Saturday games are on ESPN, and that network had something of a rough go of it this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

“He’s just had a rough go of it.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

rough go

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