Synonyms and antonyms of Causing problems and disagreement in British Thesaurus

difficult (adjective)

difficult conditions or situations cause a lot of problems and make it hard for you to succeed

bad (adjective)

likely to cause major problems

embarrassing (adjective)

causing problems for someone, especially an organization or politician

problematic (adjective)

involving or causing problems

troublesome (adjective)

causing problems or difficulties, especially in an annoying way

disruptive (adjective)

causing difficulties that interrupt something or prevent it from continuing

contentious (adjective)

causing disagreement between people or groups

adverse (adjective)

likely to cause problems

invidious (adjective)

likely to cause problems, for example by offending people or making them feel you have not treated them fairly

fraught (adjective)

full of problems, difficulties, or things that are confusing

amiss (adjective)

likely to cause difficulties or problems

awkward (adjective)

British someone who is awkward is difficult to deal with or please, and causes problems, often deliberately

bad/terrible/horrible etc news for ()

likely to make things worse for someone or something

bolshie (adjective)

Britishinformal deliberately creating problems and not willing to be helpful

burdensome (adjective)

formal creating problems for someone

calamitous (adjective)

formal causing serious damage, or causing a lot of people to suffer

catastrophic (adjective)

causing a lot of damage, or making a lot of people suffer

convulsive (adjective)

mainly journalism causing major problems or serious harm

corrosive (adjective)

formal causing gradual damage to something such as a society, an institution, or a relationship

costly (adjective)

formal causing a lot of problems

crippling (adjective)

causing severe damage or problems

devilish (adjective)

intended to cause trouble, but not in a serious way

difficult (adjective)

not easy to do, deal with, or understand

divisive (adjective)

likely to cause arguments between people

expensive (adjective)

an expensive mistake or decision is one that causes you serious problems

fractious (adjective)

causing problems and difficult to control

incendiary (adjective)

likely to cause anger or violence

inflammatory (adjective)

likely to make people feel angry

intrusive (adjective)

interrupting a peaceful situation

mischievous (adjective)

a mischievous person, especially a child, enjoys having fun by causing trouble

mischievous (adjective)

a mischievous action or statement is one that is intended to cause trouble or disagreement

moot (adjective)

a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about

Murphy’s Law (humorous)

humorous the principle that if something can possibly go wrong, then it certainly will go wrong

obstructive (adjective)

trying to prevent something by deliberately causing problems

offending (adjective)

often humorous causing a problem, or breaking a rule

prickly (adjective)

making people disagree and argue with each other

problem (noun)

experiencing a lot of difficulties in life, or causing difficulties for other people

provocative (adjective)

intended to start arguments between people or to make people angry or upset

punitive (adjective)

relating to or causing punishment or great difficulty

rogue (adjective)

a rogue member of a group does not behave in the same way as its other members and is considered dangerous or likely to cause problems

rowdy (adjective)

noisy and causing trouble

schismatic (adjective)

connected with a schism

self-defeating (adjective)

causing the same problems that you were intending to solve

tendentious (adjective)

formal expressing a strong personal opinion, attitude, or intention that other people are likely to argue with

touchy (adjective)

likely to make people angry or upset

toxic (adjective)

used about a subject on which opinion is so strongly divided that it is hard to have a reasonable discussion about it

undesirable (adjective)

someone who is undesirable is not trusted or welcomed, because people think they are likely to cause trouble or be involved in crime

vexed (adjective)

full of difficulties

where it hurts ()

in a way that causes most pain or problems