DIFFICULTY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an effort that is inconvenient
   Synonym(s)
   • trouble (what does trouble mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I went to a lot of trouble
   • he won without any trouble
   • had difficulty walking
   • finished the test only with great difficulty
   Hypernyms(s) difficulty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   • elbow grease (what does elbow grease mean?)
   • exertion (what does exertion mean?)
   • travail (what does travail mean?)
   • sweat (what does sweat mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • the devil (what does the devil mean?)
   • tsuris (what does tsuris mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • trouble oneself (what does trouble oneself mean?)
   • trouble (what does trouble mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • inconvenience oneself (what does inconvenience oneself mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the quality of being difficult
   Synonym(s)
   • difficultness (what does difficultness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
   Hypernyms(s) difficulty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • ease (what does ease mean?)
   • easiness (what does easiness mean?)
   • simplicity (what does simplicity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • effortfulness (what does effortfulness mean?)
   • asperity (what does asperity mean?)
   • grimness (what does grimness mean?)
   • hardship (what does hardship mean?)
   • rigor (what does rigor mean?)
   • rigour (what does rigour mean?)
   • severity (what does severity mean?)
   • rigorousness (what does rigorousness mean?)
   • hardness (what does hardness mean?)
   • formidability (what does formidability mean?)
   • toughness (what does toughness mean?)
   • burdensomeness (what does burdensomeness mean?)
   • onerousness (what does onerousness mean?)
   • oppressiveness (what does oppressiveness mean?)
   • subtlety (what does subtlety mean?)
   • niceness (what does niceness mean?)
   • troublesomeness (what does troublesomeness mean?)
   • inconvenience (what does inconvenience mean?)
   • worriment (what does worriment mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • difficult (what does difficult mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
   Usage Example(s)
   • serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
   Hypernyms(s) difficulty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cognitive factor (what does cognitive factor mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • trouble (what does trouble mean?)
   • problem (what does problem mean?)
   • facer (what does facer mean?)
   • killer (what does killer mean?)
   • pisser (what does pisser mean?)
   • pitfall (what does pitfall mean?)
   • booby trap (what does booby trap mean?)
   • snorter (what does snorter mean?)
   • hindrance (what does hindrance mean?)
   • deterrent (what does deterrent mean?)
   • impediment (what does impediment mean?)
   • balk (what does balk mean?)
   • baulk (what does baulk mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • handicap (what does handicap mean?)
   • wrinkle (what does wrinkle mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
   Usage Example(s)
   • grappling with financial difficulties
   Hypernyms(s) difficulty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • condition (what does condition mean?)
   • status (what does status mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bitch (what does bitch mean?)
   • predicament (what does predicament mean?)
   • quandary (what does quandary mean?)
   • plight (what does plight mean?)
   • rattrap (what does rattrap mean?)
   • pinch (what does pinch mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   • hole (what does hole mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • muddle (what does muddle mean?)
   • pickle (what does pickle mean?)
   • kettle of fish (what does kettle of fish mean?)
   • hard time (what does hard time mean?)
   • rough sledding (what does rough sledding mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • problem (what does problem mean?)
   • job (what does job mean?)
   • situation (what does situation mean?)
   • urinary hesitancy (what does urinary hesitancy mean?)
   • wall (what does wall mean?)