difficult
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
a difficult task
Related & opposite
- demanding also see
- effortful also see
- hard also see
- easy antonym
- difficultness attribute
- difficultness derivation
- ruggedness derivation
- challenging similar to
- arduous similar to
- unenviable similar to
- knotty similar to
- catchy similar to
- ticklish similar to
- fractious similar to
- hard-fought similar to
- herculean similar to
- nasty similar to
- rough similar to
- tough similar to
- serious similar to
- talla similar to
- thorny similar to
- troublesome similar to
- trying similar to
- vexed similar to
Sense 2 adjective
hard to control
a difficult child
Related & opposite
- noncompliant also see
- disobedient also see
- intractable also see
- manageable antonym
- refractoriness derivation
- indocile similar to
- uncheckable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | demanding |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | effortful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | hard |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | easy |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | difficultness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | difficultness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruggedness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | challenging |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | arduous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unenviable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | knotty |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | catchy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ticklish |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fractious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard-fought |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | herculean |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rough |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | tough |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | serious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | talla |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | thorny |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | troublesome |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | trying |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | vexed |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | disobedient |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | intractable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | manageable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | indocile |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncheckable |