Definitions for difficuLt
ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌlt, -kəltdif·fi·cult

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. difficult, hardadjective

   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. unmanageable, difficultadjective

   hard to control

   "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. difficultadjective

   hard, not easy, requiring much effort

2. difficultadjective

   hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg. said of a person, a horse, etc.

3. Etymology: From difficulty, from difficultee, from difficulté, from difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis, from dis- + facilis; see difficile.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIFFICULTadjective

   Etymology: difficilis, Latin.

   1. Hard; not easy; not facil.

   It is difficult in the eyes of this people. Zachar.

   2. Troublesome; vexatious.3. Hard to please; peevish; morose.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Difficult

   Difficult is the fourth single from French-American recording artist Uffies debut album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. The single was produced by Uffie's label-mate and friend SebastiAn and was released by Ed Banger Records, Because Music and Elektra Records on October 18, 2010. Remixes by SebastiAn and Azari & III were included in the release.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. difficult

   Difficult refers to something that requires much effort or skill to accomplish, understand, or deal with. It can also describe a situation or task that presents challenges or complications. Additionally, it may denote someone or something that is hard to please, handle, or manage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Difficultadjective

   hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous

2. Difficultadjective

   hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person

3. Difficultverb

   to render difficult; to impede; to perplex

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Difficult

   dif′i-kult, adj. not easy: hard to be done: requiring labour and pains: hard to please: not easily persuaded.—adv. Diff′icultly.—n. Diff′iculty, laboriousness: obstacle: objection: that which cannot be easily understood or believed: embarrassment of affairs: a quarrel. [The adj. was formed from difficulty, in place of the old form difficile. Fr. difficulté—L. difficultas = difficilitas—difficilis—dif (= dis), neg., and facilis, easy.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'difficuLt' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #425

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'difficuLt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #457

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'difficuLt' in Adjectives Frequency: #44

How to pronounce difficuLt?

1. Alex

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of difficuLt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of difficuLt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of difficuLt in a Sentence

1. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

   We know we have given ourselves a more difficult task than what we did last year, you need 10, maybe 12 points. You need to win your home games. We have got two home games next and we have got to focus on them.

2. Mike Quigley:

   The Capitol Police I was around did an amazing job under difficult circumstances, my concern wasn't with how valiant Capitol Police were. It was that an hour before the debate started, I looked at the throngs of people surrounding different sections of the Capitol and said, we don't have enough security.

3. Leslie Henderson:

   It's a really difficult time for small brewers right now, because we use a huge amount of stainless steel, and many of us use a huge amount of aluminum too, anything that impacts the cost of our production equipment and our raw materials is going to be extremely painful for all of us.

4. Jon Tester:

   If you are drunk and something happens with the President, it's very difficult to go in and treat the President, that's what multiple people told us, this was the case on several different trips.

5. Dallas Seavey:

   There are very few people you can talk to about that and have them actually understand what I'm talking about, i'm super proud of him. It's great having him in the race, but it's still difficult this time of year.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=difficuLt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Difficult
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=difficuLt
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difficult
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/difficuLt
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=difficuLt