difficult
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1.6
- adjective
- /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
:
difícil
- And that is a very difficult line to walk.
- more difficult
- very difficult
- too difficult
And it gets more difficult with each book.
- And it gets more difficult with each book.
- And that is a very difficult line to walk.
- The food business is, is very difficult to put down on paper.
- And this raises a lot of of difficult and and profound questions.
- It is making the game more difficult without it being fun.
- I, I imagine that would be a very difficult tact to take.
- So succession planning not that difficult in Tohoku I guess.
- And the problem with that is it's very difficult to do that safely.
- What did you find more difficult, Ranger School or RASP?
Examples
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As you may have heard, it's been a difficult day.
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This must be an extremely difficult time.
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Now it's actually a bit difficult to talk about.
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And it gets more difficult with each book.
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Once that happens, it can be very difficult to get the child out.
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I think they are both very difficult skills to be great at.
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It's gonna be very difficult to get a jury to believe otherwise.
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People locked into a particular system find it difficult to switch to any other system.
Academic text (2011) -
Perfect aim can be difficult to achieve under stressful circumstances.
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Completing the project on time was difficult due to unexpected obstacles.
Synonyms
∞
1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
∞
2.6
Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort
876
5.4
Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts
648
5.6
Not simple because it has many connected parts
221
2.1
Hard to do or understand
214
3.9
Difficult to do because it has hidden problems
183
4.4
Hard to do and needing a lot of effort
133
5.6
Hard to deal with and often not clear
78
6.2
So hard to do that you feel too worried to try
52
7.0
Hard to understand or describe, like the meaning of a symbol
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
34
4.9
Needing a lot of effort or energy
29
7.7
Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time
24
8.1
Causes a lot of work or trouble
18
7.1
Causing a lot of extra work or worry
10
6.8
A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work
9
6.4
Difficult to understand
4
5.3
A situation or task that is hard to do
2
8.1
Hard to understand or deal with
1
6.9
Needing a lot of physical or mental work
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
5.1
Fairly difficult and needing some skill or care to do
1
5.1
Hard to deal with and making people feel tired or annoyed
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
Too difficult or expensive for someone to manage easily
Antonyms
Compounds
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Difficult comes from Latin parts dis- meaning 'not' and facere meaning 'to do' or 'make', so it originally meant 'not easy to do'. That's why difficult describes something that needs much effort or skill.