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Difficulty (Noun)

Meaning 1

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Trouble

Hypernyms

  • Effort
  • Travail
  • Exertion
  • Sweat

Hyponyms

  • The Devil
  • Tsuris

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Hyponyms

  • Baulk
  • Booby Trap
  • Check
  • Handicap
  • Problem
  • Deterrent
  • Hinderance
  • Balk
  • Impediment

Meaning 3

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

  • Status

Hyponyms

  • Jam
  • Pickle
  • Job
  • Muddle
  • Hole
  • Quandary
  • Rough Sledding
  • Mess
  • Kettle Of Fish
  • Strain
  • Plight

Meaning 4

The quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Difficultness

Antonyms

  • Ease

Hyponyms

  • Worriment
  • Rigor
  • Hardship
  • Rigorousness
  • Rigourousness
  • Severeness
  • Heaviness
  • Inconvenience
  • Grimness
  • Rigour
  • Severity
  • Toughness
  • Ruggedness
  • Onerousness
  • Oppressiveness
  • Niceness
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