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Difficulty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Difficulty? [n] an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" [n] the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" [n] a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent" [n] a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Difficulty: difficultness \| trouble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Difficulty: abstruseness \| adverse circumstances \| adversity \| affliction \| aggravation \| agreement to disagree \| altercation \| annoyance \| arduousness \| asperity \| bad news \| bedevilment \| beef \| bickering \| blight \| block \| blockade \| bore \| bother \| botheration \| bothersomeness \| bottleneck \| bummer \| burden \| burthen \| care \| cargo \| catch \| challenge \| charge \| complexity \| complication \| controversy \| cordon \| crabbedness \| crampedness \| crashing bore \| cross \| cross-purposes \| cumbrance \| curse \| curtain \| deadweight \| deepness \| demurral \| demurrer \| determent \| deterrent \| devilment \| difference \| difference of opinion \| difficulties \| dilemma \| disadvantage \| disagreement \| disparity \| dispute \| distress \| dividedness \| division \| dogging \| downer \| drag \| drawback \| embarrassment \| emergency \| encumbrance \| esoterica \| exasperation \| exigency \| falling-out \| fight \| fix \| formidableness \| freight \| Gordian knot \| hamper \| handicap \| hang-up \| harassment \| hard knocks \| hard life \| hard lot \| hardcase \| hardness \| hardship \| harrying \| hassle \| hazard \| headache \| heavy sledding \| hindrance \| hitch \| hot water \| hounding \| hurdle \| impediment \| impedimenta \| imposition \| inconvenience \| intricacy \| irritation \| jam \| joker \| knottiness \| laboriousness \| load \| lumber \| mess \| misunderstanding \| molestation \| nuisance \| objection \| obstacle \| obstruction \| obstructive \| odds \| one small difficulty \| onus \| pack \| painfulness \| pass \| penalty \| persecution \| pest \| pickle \| pinch \| pitfall \| plight \| polarization \| predicament \| pressure \| problem \| profoundness \| profundity \| protest \| quandary \| question \| reconditeness \| remonstrance \| remonstration \| rigor \| rub \| scrape \| sea of troubles \| snag \| squabble \| strain \| strait \| straits \| stress \| stress of life \| stumbling block \| stumbling stone \| trial \| tribulation \| trouble \| troubles \| vale of tears \| variance \| vexation \| vexatiousness \| vicissitude \| vigor \| weight \| white elephant \| worriment \| worry See Also \| asperity \| balk \| baulk \| bitch \| burdensomeness \| check \| cognitive factor \| condition \| deterrent \| effort \| effortfulness \| elbow grease \| exertion \| facer \| fix \| formidability \| grimness \| handicap \| hard time \| hardness \| hardship \| hindrance \| hole \| impediment \| inconvenience \| jam \| job \| kettle of fish \| killer \| mess \| muddle \| niceness \| onerousness \| oppressiveness \| pickle \| pinch \| pisser \| pitfall \| plight \| predicament \| problem \| problem \| quality \| quandary \| rattrap \| rigor \| rigorousness \| rigour \| severity \| situation \| snorter \| status \| strain \| stress \| subtlety \| sweat \| toughness \| travail \| trouble \| troublesomeness \| urinary hesitancy \| wall \| worriment Difficulty In Webster's Dictionary \Dif"ficulty\, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult['e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to {easiness} or {facility}; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region. --James Byrne. 2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure. --Addison. 3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. Measures for terminating all local difficulties. --Bancroft. 4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties. In days of difficulty and pressure. --Tennyson. Syn: Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See {Impediment}.

Difficulty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Difficulty?

[n] an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
[n] the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
[n] a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
[n] a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Difficulty: difficultness | trouble

Difficulty In Webster's Dictionary

\Dif"fi*cul*ty\, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L.
difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis
easy: cf. F. difficult['e]. See {Facile}.]
1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness;
   arduousness; -- opposed to {easiness} or {facility}; as,
   the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of
   difficulty.

         Not being able to promote them [the interests of
         life] on account of the difficulty of the region.
                                               --James Byrne.

2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand;
   that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires
   skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a
   hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the
   difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.

         They lie under some difficulties by reason of the
         emperor's displeasure.                --Addison.

3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an
   objection; a cavil.

         Measures for terminating all local difficulties.
                                               --Bancroft.

4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; --
   usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.

         In days of difficulty and pressure.   --Tennyson.

Syn: Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment;
     perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial;
     objection; cavil. See {Impediment}.

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