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- pronunciation:
- dI
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kuhl
ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
difficulties |
| definition 1: |
the quality or condition of being difficult.
the level of difficulty of the test- synonyms:
- arduousness, complexity, knottiness, laboriousness, struggle, thorniness, toughness
- antonyms:
- effortlessness, painlessness, simplicity
- similar words:
- rub
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| definition 2: |
trouble or lack of ease in being able to do something.
I had difficulty understanding what he was saying.- antonyms:
- ease
- similar words:
- trouble
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| definition 3: |
the experiencing of perplexity, trouble, discomfort, or anxiety.
He apologized, but only with great difficulty.After the operation, she walked with difficulty.- antonyms:
- ease
- similar words:
- trouble
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| definition 4: |
something troublesome or worrisome; problem.
The difficulty was that we didn't have a map.- synonyms:
- bother, hassle, problem, trouble, worry
- similar words:
- annoyance, dilemma, disturbance, matter, perplexity, predicament, quandary, rub
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| definition 5: |
(often pl.) financial or other distressing or embarrassing trouble.
They're having difficulties in their marriage.- synonyms:
- hardship, jam, pickle, plight, straits
- similar words:
- problem, reversal, reverse, trouble, worry
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| definition 6: |
reluctance in agreeing with or accepting.
I have difficulty with that argument.- synonyms:
- reluctance, unwillingness
- similar words:
- disinclination, indisposition
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| related words: |
bear, bind, burden, case, complexity, complication, cross, demon, distress, fix, hitch, impediment, mess, woe |
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