difficult

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/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

adj 3verb 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, look, prove, seem, sound

become, get

As the project continued, the instructions became increasingly difficult to follow.

make sth

The bad weather made it difficult for us to finish the outdoor work on time.

find sth

ADV

exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, incredibly, particularly, really, very

doubly

Learning a new language while working full-time is doubly difficult for most adult students.

increasingly | a bit, quite, rather

notoriously

Teenage years are notoriously difficult for both parents and children.

Definitions

adj

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

difficult of accomplishment

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

Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.

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

Unable or unwilling.

“I hope, madam,” said Jones, “my charming Lady Bellaston will be as difficult to believe anything against one who is so sensible of the many obligations she hath conferred upon him.”

verb

To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — not easy

hard

adjective — hard to control

unmanageable

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

difficult of accomplishment

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

There is not the strength or courage left me to venture into the wide, strange, difficult world, alone.

Wiktionary

August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace

Wiktionary

It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".

Tatoeba · #1589

It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.

Tatoeba · #1596

Usage Notes

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