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Meaning of 'difficult' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Difficult [ a.]
- Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
- Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
2 . Difficult [ v. t.]
- To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Meaning of 'difficult' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . difficult [ a]
Meaning (1):
- hard to control
Example in sentence:
  • a difficult child;
  • an unmanageable situation
Meaning (2):
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Example in sentence:
  • a difficult task;
  • difficult times;
  • nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access;
  • why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?

Nearby Words:

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