difficulty

considerable, enormous, grave, great, major, real, serious, severe

The team faced considerable difficulty when their main server crashed during the project.

increasing

The math homework presented increasing difficulty as the semester progressed.

inherent

Learning a new language has inherent difficulties that most students must overcome with patience.

particular, special

Learning to pronounce French words correctly can present particular difficulties for English speakers.

practical, technical

She faced some technical difficulties while trying to upload the document to the website.

behavioural, emotional, learning

My brother had behavioural difficulties at school, so he worked with a special tutor.

level

The math homework had a high level of difficulty that surprised most students.

encounter, experience, face, get into, have, run into

We faced significant difficulties when trying to install the new software on our old computers.

cause, create, make, present

The new software update created some difficulties for older computers in the office.

avoid

The company changed its schedule to avoid difficulties with shipping during the winter months.

be fraught with

Learning a new language can be fraught with difficulty, but practice helps.

arise, crop up

A serious problem cropped up during the project and delayed our timeline by weeks.

lie (in sth)

The main difficulty lies in understanding why she decided to leave without saying anything.

despite a/the ~

Despite the difficulty, she managed to finish her homework before dinner.

in ~

The old car engine started having trouble, and we knew we were in difficulty.

with/without ~

She learned to use the new software without much difficulty after practicing for a few days.

~ in

My son experienced difficulty in learning to ride a bicycle last summer.

~ of

Many students understand the difficulty of learning irregular verbs in English.

~ with

She had difficulty with her new computer software when she first started the job.