Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ is not easy to do, understand, or deal with.
The lack of childcare provisions made it ~ for single mothers to get jobs...
It was a very ~ decision to make...
We’re living in ~ times...
= hard
? easy
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, it v-link ADJ -ing
2.
Someone who is ~ behaves in an unreasonable and unhelpful way.
I had a feeling you were going to be ~ about this.
= awkward
ADJ