hydra-headed
[ hahy-druh-hed-id ]
adjective
containing many problems, difficulties, or obstacles.
having many branches, divisions, facets, etc.
Origin of hydra-headed
1First recorded in 1590–1600
Words Nearby hydra-headed
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How to use hydra-headed in a sentence
But the animal itself is the same "hydra-headed monster," let whomsoever may fancy to pet it.
Evil complicates, by one knows not what hydra-headed monstrosity, the vast, cosmic whole.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoProbably the fact that he had raised his wife from that condition kept the hydra-headed system continually before him.
Clotelle | William Wells BrownIt would take the hydra-headed monster of—may I bring my mother to call on you and the—Mrs. Henderson?
The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson DaviessIf self sets to work to slay self it will only end in rising hydra-headed from the contest.
Parables of the Christ-life | I. Lilias Trotter
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