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difficult

  • adjective
  • /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

Example

“However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.”

Other meanings

  1. Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.

    “Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.”

  2. Unable or unwilling.

Synonyms

  • hard

Related words

  • difficultate
  • difficultness
  • superdifficult
  • trifficult
  • undifficult
  • difficultly
  • difficult nut to crack
  • difficult pill to swallow

Example sentences

  • “Your country is going through a difficult time.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Tell me how you handled a difficult situation.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “This sentence is too difficult to translate.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "difficult".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “difficult” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.