difficulty
615
2.4
- noun
- /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/
- Yeah, I think he just has difficulty speaking.
- learning difficulties
- difficulty finding
- difficulty accessing
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeMy marriage had difficulties, a lot of tension.
- My marriage had difficulties, a lot of tension.
- There there is still difficulty in disentangling what's going on.
- Yeah, so awkward, insecure kid, difficulty making friends.
- Take on difficulties while they are still easy.
- And it just adds like another layer of difficulty to cooking.
- They might articulate some difficulty they're having.
- But she's having difficulty staying in this long distance relationship.
- You can rise above these difficulties on a national level.
Examples
-
As a small and struggling department, we had difficulty hiring and retaining top-tier faculty members.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm having difficulty deciding what to do career wise.
-
The greatest cause of serious financial difficulty is feelings for families that cannot pay their bills.
Academic text (2011) -
So what are the ways in which this difficulty could be avoided?
-
Many racial, ethnic, and religious groups can have difficulty within the U.S. health care system.
Academic text (2011) -
For instance, some young learners have difficulty learning to write dialogue between characters in a story.
Academic text (2011) -
He has been my mentor and my strength in times of difficulty on this floor.
-
Heart rate monitors might help teachers motivate students who otherwise have difficulty connecting with physical education.
Academic text (2011) -
To conclude, I reflect on some of the difficulties implicit in this project.
Academic text (2011) -
Many students experience difficulties when trying to solve complex math problems.
Synonyms
∞
3.1
A difficult task that tests a person's skill and will
522
2.9
A period when someone has difficulty or trouble
312
2.7
Effort someone makes to do something
298
3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
5
7.6
A person, question, or thing that is very difficult to deal with
1
3.5
A situation or task that is hard to deal with
1
5.3
How difficult something is to do or understand
1
5.4
Being difficult to deal with and needing skill or care
1
8.5
A lot of hard work needed to do a task
1
7.4
A state of needing a lot of hard work and time
1
7.0
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
1
9.9
The quality of being very difficult to manage or control
1
8.3
A quality that makes something difficult or causes extra work
The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex
Antonyms
Compounds
1
3.9
A condition that makes it harder for a person to understand or do things like others their age
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Difficulty comes from Latin parts dif- meaning 'not' and facilis meaning 'easy', and facilis comes from facere meaning 'to do'. So a difficulty is something 'not easy to do' and needs extra effort.