difficult

dif-fi-cult · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Needing much effort or skill to accomplish or understand.

  2. 2.

    Causing or involving problems or hardship.

  3. 3.

    (Of a person) Not easy to please or deal with.

Related words

Antonyms: easy, effortless, simple
See also: difficulty, easy, hard
Synonyms: arduous, challenging, hard, tough

Etymology

From Latin difficilis meaning "hard," composed of dis- meaning "not, away" and facilis meaning "easy," from facere meaning "to do, make." The word entered English through Old French in the 14th century.