difficult

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

Adjective

difficult (comparative difficulter, superlative difficultest)

1. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

   However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.

   • There is not the strength or courage left me to venture into the wide, strange, and difficult world, alone.

2. (often of a, person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.

   Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.

3. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.

Synonyms

• burdensome, cumbersome, hard
• see also Thesaurus:difficult

Translations

• French: difficile
• German: schwer, schwierig
• Italian: difficile
• Portuguese: difícil
• Russian: тру́дный
• Spanish: difícil

Verb

difficult (difficults, present participle difficulting; past and past participle difficulted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

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