Difficult

a.	1.	Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous. There is not the strength or courage left me to venture into the wide, strange, and difficult world, alone. - Hawthorne.
	2.	Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
v. t.	1.	To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Adj.	1.	difficult - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" Synonyms: hard Antonyms: easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
	2.	difficult - requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"

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