jawbreaking
Hard to pronounce
Jawbreaking describes words or phrases that are extremely difficult to pronounce, usually because they're long, full of consonant clusters, or otherwise awkward to articulate.
The medication's jawbreaking generic name was impossible to remember.
The term can also describe the physical effort required to chew something exceptionally hard, like certain candies.
Both uses capture the sense of straining the jaw—whether through speech or mastication.
Excessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- complicatedDifficult to understand
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
knotty · labyrinthine · byzantine · tortuous · elaborate · multisyllabic · unpronounceable · polysyllabic
Requiring considerable effort
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- demandingRequiring great effort
- taxingRequiring great effort
formidable · daunting · onerous · backbreaking · toilsome · wearisome · burdensome · punishing
Long-lasting spherical candy
- hard candySolid sugar confection
- lollipopConfection on a stick
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
- sugaryContaining much sweetener
sweet · long-lasting · multicolored · layered · spherical · cavity · dentist · cracking
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- complicatedDifficult to understand
tangled · knotty · labyrinthine · byzantine · tortuous · elaborate · multisyllabic · unpronounceable · polysyllabic · sesquipedalian
laborious
Requiring considerable effort
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- demandingRequiring great effort
taxing · formidable · daunting · onerous · backbreaking · toilsome · wearisome · burdensome · punishing · grinding
gobstopper
Long-lasting spherical candy
- hard candySolid sugar confection
- lollipopConfection on a stick
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
sugary · sweet · long-lasting · multicolored · layered · spherical · cavity · dentist · cracking · sucking
jawbreakingeffortless
Requiring no strain
mellifluous · smooth · flowing · euphonious · lilting
jawbreakingsimple
Free of complexity
easy · straightforward · uncomplicated · plain · basic
breaking, jaws, breaker, breakage, breakers, jaws of life, jawed, jawing, jawline