| dyslexia |
a learning disorder characterized by difficulty in recognizing and understanding written words. |
| dysphagia |
difficulty in swallowing. |
| dysphonia |
difficulty in making normal speech sounds, as because of hoarseness. |
| dyspnea |
difficulty in breathing; shortness of breath. |
| ease |
the absence of pain, anxiety, or difficulty. [2/11 definitions] |
| easily |
without difficulty, stress, or pain. [1/2 definitions] |
| easy |
influenced or dominated without difficulty. [1/7 definitions] |
| emphysema |
a disease of the lungs marked by loss of elasticity in air cells, causing difficulty in breathing and impairment of proper heart function. |
| entrap |
to lure into danger or difficulty. [1/4 definitions] |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| front |
one's bearing or manner in the face of difficulty. [1/13 definitions] |
| get in |
to cause (someone or something) to go inside a place or thing, often with some difficulty. [1/3 definitions] |
| go wrong |
to malfunction, go badly, or cause failure or difficulty (often fol. by "with"). [1/2 definitions] |
| grind |
to slow down or stop with much difficulty or roughness. [1/12 definitions] |
| hard |
marked by difficulty. [1/11 definitions] |
| heave |
to release (a sigh) with difficulty. [1/11 definitions] |
| hobble |
to walk awkwardly, unsteadily, or with difficulty; limp. [1/6 definitions] |
| hot water |
(informal) a troublesome situation; dangerous circumstance; difficulty; predicament (usu. prec. by "in," "into" or the like). |
| hurdle |
to surmount or get past (an obstacle or difficulty). [1/6 definitions] |
| ill |
only with difficulty; barely. [1/11 definitions] |
| impossibly |
to a degree that causes difficulty or makes a solution unattainable. [1/3 definitions] |