difficulty
English Thesaurus
1. an effort that is inconvenient (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | the devil, |
| definition | : | something difficult or awkward to do or deal with (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tsuris, |
| definition | : | (Yiddish) aggravating trouble (noun.act) |
2. the quality of being difficult (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | quality, |
| definition | : | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | effortfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of requiring deliberate effort (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | hardness, ruggedness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being difficult to do (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | niceness, subtlety, |
| definition | : | the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | difficult, hard, |
| definition | : | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all) |
3. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | cognitive factor, |
| definition | : | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | problem, trouble, |
| definition | : | a source of difficulty (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | facer, |
| definition | : | (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | killer, |
| definition | : | a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | kink, |
| definition | : | a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pisser, |
| definition | : | a very disagreeable difficulty (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | booby trap, pitfall, |
| definition | : | an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | snorter, |
| definition | : | something outstandingly difficult (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | wrinkle, |
| definition | : | a minor difficulty (noun.cognition) |
4. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | condition, status, |
| definition | : | a state at a particular time (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | bitch, |
| definition | : | an unpleasant difficulty (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | plight, predicament, quandary, |
| definition | : | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | rattrap, |
| definition | : | a difficult entangling situation (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pinch, |
| definition | : | a painful or straitened circumstance (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | strain, stress, |
| definition | : | difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | mire, |
| definition | : | a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | job, problem, |
| definition | : | a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | situation, |
| definition | : | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | urinary hesitancy, |
| definition | : | difficulty in beginning the flow of urine; associated with prostate enlargement in men and with narrowing of the urethral opening in women; may be caused by emotional stress in either men or women (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | wall, |
| definition | : | a difficult or awkward situation (noun.state) |
5. an effort that is inconvenient (noun.act)
6. the quality of being difficult (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | difficult, hard, |
| definition | : | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all) |
7. an effort that is inconvenient (noun.act)
8. the quality of being difficult (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | difficult, hard, |
| definition | : | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all) |
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