difficulty
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
Example
“My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.”
Other meanings
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
“We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.”
Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
Related words
- counterdifficulty
- personality difficulty
- in difficulty
- learning difficulty
- technical difficulty
- with great difficulty
- difficulty level
- with difficulty
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "difficultas".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “difficulty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.