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- DictionaryDif·fi·cult/ˈdifəkəlt/
adjective
- 1. needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand: "she had a difficult decision to make"
Origin difficult (1300-1400) difficulty. difficult meaning, definition, what is difficult: hard to do, understand, or deal with: Learn more.
Feb 2, 2024 · ( obsolete) Unable or unwilling. Usage notes [ edit] Difficult implies that considerable mental effort or physical skill is required, or that obstacles are to be overcome which call for sagacity and skill in the doer; as, a difficult task. Thus, “hard” is not always synonymous with difficult.
Thesaurus > not easy to deal with or understand > difficult. These are words and phrases related to difficult. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of difficult.
not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job. hard to understand or solve: a difficult problem. hard to deal with or get on with: a difficult pupil.
hard. adjective. /hɑːd/ /hɑːrd/ (comparative harder, superlative hardest) Idioms. difficult to do, understand or answer. a hard choice/decision/question. hard to do something It is hard to believe that she's only nine. It's hard to see how they can lose. It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy.
What does the word difficult mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word difficult, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word difficult? About 100 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
[countable, usually plural, uncountable] a problem; a thing or situation that causes problems. the difficulties of English syntax. a patient with breathing difficulties. They encountered numerous difficulties while making the film. She had been experiencing technical difficulties.
