difficult

adjective

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not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

a difficult task

hard to control

a difficult child

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