Words Like DIFFICULTY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DIFFICULTY.

38 Alternative Words Similar to difficulty

1 Trouble Noun      Synonym Words Like Trouble
2 Condition Noun      Synonym Words Like Condition
3 Effort Noun      Synonym Words Like Effort
4 Exertion Noun      Synonym Words Like Exertion
5 Quality Noun      Synonym Words Like Quality
6 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
7 Sweat Noun      Synonym Words Like Sweat
8 Travail Noun      Synonym Words Like Travail
9 Ease Noun      Antonym Words Like Ease
10 Arduousness Noun      Synonym Words Like Arduousness
11 Obstacle Noun      Synonym Words Like Obstacle
12 Impediment Noun      Synonym Words Like Impediment
13 Disagreement Noun      Synonym Words Like Disagreement
14 Tsuris Noun      Hyponym
15 Rattrap Noun      Hyponym
16 Pinch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Pinch
17 Strain Noun      Hyponym Words Like Strain
18 Plight Noun      Hyponym Words Like Plight
19 Stress Noun      Hyponym Words Like Stress
20 Job Noun      Hyponym Words Like Job
21 Problem Noun      Hyponym Words Like Problem
22 Mess Noun      Hyponym Words Like Mess
23 Predicament Noun      Hyponym Words Like Predicament
24 Fix Noun      Hyponym Words Like Fix
25 Bitch Noun      Hyponym
26 Situation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Situation
27 Quandary Noun      Hyponym Words Like Quandary
28 Muddle Noun      Hyponym Words Like Muddle
29 Facer Noun      Hyponym
30 Balk Noun      Hyponym Words Like Balk
31 Hinderance Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hinderance
32 Check Noun      Hyponym Words Like Check
33 Hindrance Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hindrance
34 Handicap Noun      Hyponym Words Like Handicap
35 Wrinkle Noun      Hyponym Words Like Wrinkle
36 Deterrent Noun      Hyponym Words Like Deterrent
37 Baulk Noun      Hyponym Words Like Baulk
38 Snorter Noun      Hyponym Words Like Snorter

6 examples of difficulty

1 the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
2 the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
3 to be in difficulties
4 he won without any trouble
5 finished the test only with great difficulty
6 had difficulty walking

10 definitions of difficulty

1 The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility
2 Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment
3 A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
4 Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural.
5 an effort that is inconvenient
6 a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
7 a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
8 the quality of being difficult
9 The condition or quality of being difficult: the difficulty of a task.
10 Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved.
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