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1. (adj.) difficult
requiring special effort, skill, or planning; hard:
a difficult job.
2. difficult
hard to understand or solve:
a difficult problem.
3. difficult
hard to deal with or get on with:
a difficult pupil.
4. difficult
hard to please or satisfy.
5. difficult
hard to persuade or induce; stubborn.
6. difficult
disadvantageous; trying; hampering:
under difficult conditions.
7. difficult
fraught with hardship, esp. financial hardship:
difficult times.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME, back formation from difficulty)
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| Definition of 'difficult' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) difficult, hard
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
"a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
2. (adj) unmanageable, difficult
hard to control
"a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
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1. (adjective) difficult
not easy or causing problems
a difficult exam; It's difficult for him to run.; It was a difficult conversation.
2. difficult
(of a person) uncooperative
ideas for how to deal with difficult people at work
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) difficult
hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous
2. (adj) difficult
hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person
3. (verb) difficult
to render difficult; to impede; to perplex
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Sense: hard to do or understand; not easy
difficult sums; a difficult task; It is difficult to know what to do for the best.
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 Afrikaans: moeilike |
 Arabic: صَعْب |
 Bulgarian: труден |
 Brazilian: difícil |
 Czech: obtížný, nesnadný |
 German: schwierig |
 Danish: svær; vanskelig |
 Greek: δύσκολος |
 Spanish: difícil |
 Estonian: raske |
 Farsi: دشوار؛ سخت |
 Finnish: vaikea |
 French: difficile |
 Hebrew: קָשֶׁה |
 Hindi: कठिन |
 Croatian: teško |
 Hungarian: nehéz |
 Indonesian: sulit |
 Icelandic: erfiður, vandasamur |
 Italian: difficile |
 Japanese: 難しい |
 Korean: 어려운 |
 Lithuanian: sunkus |
 Latvian: grūts |
 Malay: sukar |
 Dutch: moeilijk |
 Norwegian: vanskelig, tung, strevsom |
 Polish: trudny |
 Persian: دشوار؛ سخت |
 Pashto: مشكل، ګران، سخت |
 Portuguese: difícil |
 Romanian: dificil, greu; complicat |
 Russian: трудный |
 Slovak: ťažký |
 Slovenian: težak, zapleten |
 Serbian: težak |
 Swedish: svår |
 Thai: ยาก |
 Turkish: zor, güç |
 Taiwanese: 困難的 |
 Ukrainian: тяжкий, важкий |
 Urdu: مشکل یا دشوار ہونا |
 Vietnamese: khó khăn |
 Chinese: 困难的 |
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