n. | 1. | The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; - opposed to |
2. | Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; | |
3. | A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. | |
4. | Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; - usually in the plural; |
Noun | 1. | difficulty - 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" Synonyms: trouble |
2. | difficulty - 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" | |
3. | difficulty - 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" | |
4. | difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" Synonyms: difficultness Antonyms: ease, easiness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" |