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Synonyms for Difficulty
ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌl ti, -kəl tidif·fi·cul·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
difficulty
Difficulty makes an undertaking otherwise than easy. That which rests upon one as a burden is an encumbrance. An impediment is primarily something that checks the foot or in any way makes advance slow or difficult; an obstacle is something that stands across the way, an obstruction something that is built or placed across the way. An obstruction is always an obstacle, but an obstacle may not always be properly termed an obstruction; boxes and bales placed on the sidewalk are obstructions to travel; an ice-floe is an obstacle to navigation, and may become an obstruction if it closes an inlet or channel. A hindrance (kindred with hind, behind) is anything that makes one come behind or short of his purpose. An impediment may be either what one finds in his way or what he carries with him; impedimenta was the Latin name for the baggage of a soldier or of an army. The tendency is to view an impediment as something constant or, at least for a time, continuous; as, an impediment in one's speech. A difficulty or a hindrance may be either within one or without; a speaker may find difficulty in expressing himself, or difficulty in holding the attention of restless children. An encumbrance is always what one carries with him; an obstacle or an obstruction is always without. To a marching soldier the steepness of a mountain path is a difficulty, loose stones are impediments, a fence is an obstruction, a cliff or a boulder across the way is an obstacle; a knapsack is an encumbrance.
Synonyms:
bar, barrier, clog, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstructionAntonyms:
advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, help, relief, succor
Princeton's WordNet
trouble, difficultynoun
an effort that is inconvenient
"I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
Synonyms:
fuss, trouble, worry, hassle, difficultness, difficulty, problem, botherAntonyms:
ease, simpleness, simplicity, easinessdifficultynoun
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
"serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
Synonyms:
trouble, difficultnessAntonyms:
simpleness, easiness, ease, simplicitydifficultynoun
a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
"grappling with financial difficulties"
Synonyms:
trouble, difficultnessAntonyms:
simpleness, ease, simplicity, easinessdifficulty, difficultnessnoun
the quality of being difficult
"they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
Synonyms:
trouble, difficultness, difficultyAntonyms:
simpleness, easiness, ease, simplicity
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Editors Contribution
stress
a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
"he's obviously under a lot of stress"
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
difficultynoun
Synonyms:
arduousnessdifficultynoun
Synonyms:
obstacle, impediment, bar, obstruction, barrier, hinderance, trouble, perplexity, exigency, trial, dilemma, embarrassment, emergency, pinch, pickle, stand, dead-set, set fast, dead-lock, dead-stand, stand-still, horns of a dilemma, up-hill work, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, hard row to hoe, hard nut to crack
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
difficultynoun
Synonyms:
obstacle, impediment, obstruction, arduousness, hardness, controversy, disagreement, objection, cavil, predicament, quandary, dilemmaAntonyms:
ease, facility, extrication, release
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "difficulty":
difficulties, difficult, trouble, challenge, hardship, problem, challenges, distress, hard
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#553 | problem | |
#596 | hard | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2185 | challenge | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3419 | challenges | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5975 | difficulties | |
#7079 | barrier | |
#9936 | bother | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#12669 | distress | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#30189 | clog | |
#38554 | impediment | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#56554 | encumbrance |
How to use Difficulty in a sentence?
I think this referendum will be won by the mothers of Ireland, maybe my perspective might be helpful to people my age. I'd say there are lots of men and women of my generation who have the same difficulty that I had in trying to come to terms with how you articulate your gender issues.
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia:
Of course it was good to see the family after 4 years, but it did not really do me any good, as I lost more than 5 pounds which I had put on with such difficulty in May and June. I also get out of breath more easily. So these are the results of my trip. Very annoying.
Each instrument has its own difficulty either because it is so fine and delicate and easy to break ... or it is so big and heavy it is hard to pick up and move around.
If he were to have severe handicaps, we are convinced that is not at all what Jules would want, we talked about it. He told us that if one day he had an accident like Michael Schumacher's, even if his only handicap was not being able to drive, he would have a lot of difficulty living with it. Because it was his life.
Even if there’s some clustering effect, I don’t think you do it just to do it, the people who [commit suicide] are struggling in their own way whether its depression, substance abuse or anxiety, or difficulty dealing with the stress of whatever’s going on in their life, loss or abuse or whatever. I think that the presence of a suicide in a community is only one of the risk factors.
Translations for Difficulty
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- صعوبةArabic
- препятствие, мъчнотия, затруднение, трудност, пречкаBulgarian
- dificultatCatalan, Valencian
- obtížnost, potíž, obtížCzech
- besvær, vanskelighed, sværhedDanish
- SchwierigkeitGerman
- malfacilecoEsperanto
- dificultadSpanish
- vaikeus, hankaluusFinnish
- difficultéFrench
- docaireachd, duilgheadas, cruadal, staing, cruas, teanntachd, èiginn, spàirnScottish Gaelic
- dificultadeGalician
- קושיHebrew
- कठिनाई, मुसीबत, बाधाHindi
- difikilteHaitian Creole
- nehézségHungarian
- difficoltàItalian
- 障害, 難しさ, 困難Japanese
- 어려움Korean
- زهحمهتیKurdish
- moeilijkheid, hindernisDutch
- ił nanitłʼahNavajo, Navaho
- trudnośćPolish
- dificuldadePortuguese
- obstacol, dificultate, piedicăRomanian
- сложность, трудность, затруднениеRussian
- svårighet, besvärSwedish
- కష్టంTelugu
- zorlukTurkish
- مشکل, کٹھنائیUrdu
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