hydra-headed

[ hahy-druh-hed-id ]

adjective

1. containing many problems, difficulties, or obstacles.
2. having many branches, divisions, facets, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydra-headed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

I will posit that every day Republicans spend trying to convince voters that the FBI is part of some global, hydra-headed, Bond-villain leftist cabal is a good day for the Democratic Party.

From Washington Post

While most nations enjoy a streamlined, single-payer system, our fractured, hydra-headed system invites dysfunction, inefficiency and, ultimately, higher prices for all patients.

From Seattle Times

But the protest movement's hydra-headed strength has also proved to be a weakness: it has been largely leaderless with no charismatic figure emerging for people to unite behind.

From BBC

Trumpism is a hydra-headed movement, no longer dependent on Trump as an individual: Chop off one of its heads and another will grow.

From Salon

Whatever we’re supposed to call this increasingly hydra-headed Disney content behemoth, it has rarely ventured in a direction this playful, this ghoulish, this exuberantly grotesque.

From Los Angeles Times