hard to explain
Not easily articulated
Hard to explain describes something difficult to put into words or convey clearly to others.
The phrase often appears when concepts are complex, feelings are subtle, or experiences resist straightforward description: It's hard to explain why the movie affected me so deeply.
Sometimes used as a gentle deflection when someone doesn't want to elaborate: It's complicated—hard to explain.
- paradoxicalSeemingly absurd yet true
- mystifyingCausing complete confusion
- complexityState of being complicated
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- it's complicatedDefies easy explanation
stranger than fiction · ambiguity · tip of the tongue · overwhelming · vagueness · uncanny · disorienting · ineffability · beyond words · inexplicable · unintelligible · incomprehensible · indescribable · lost for words · enigmatic · metaphysical · indecipherable · transcendental
hard to explaineasy to explain
self-explanatory · straightforward · clear-cut · explicable · easily understood
hard to explainsimple
Free of complexity
uncomplicated · basic · elementary · straightforward · plain and simple
hard to explainobvious
Easily perceived, unmistakable
self-evident · plain · clear-cut · transparent · intuitive
hard, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardness, hardy, hardly