Synonyms for difficult
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dif-i-kuhlt, -kuhlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt |
Top 10 synonyms for difficult Other synonyms for the word difficult
- abstract
- abstruse
- argumentative
- backbreaker
- baffling
- bearish
- bewildering
- boorish
- bothersome
- confounding
- dark
- deep
- difficile
- easier said than done
- effortful
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- entangled
- esoteric
- exacting
- fastidious
- finicky
- formidable
- fractious
- fussy
- galling
- gargantuan
- hard to explain
- hard to please
- hard to solve
- hard-won
- heavy
- herculean
- hidden
- immense
- impolite
- inexplicable
- intractable
- intricate
- involved
- irritable
- irritating
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- labyrinthine
- loose
- meandering
- mysterious
- mystical
- mystifying
- nice
- no picnic
- not easy
- oafish
- obscure
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- onerous
- operose
- painful
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- perverse
- picky
- problem
- problematic
- problematical
- profound
- prohibitive
- puzzling
- rambling
- refractory
- rigid
- rude
- severe
- stiff
- strenuous
- subtle
- tangled
- thorny
- ticklish
- tiresome
- titanic
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- trying
- unaccommodating
- unamenable
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- unyielding
- uphill
- upstream
- vexing
- wearisome
Définition of difficult
Origin :- c.1400, apparently a back-formation from difficulty. French has difficile, Latin difficilis. Of persons, "hard to please," from 1580s.
- adj hard on someone; hard to do
- adj complicated; hard to comprehend
- adj unmanageable socially
- But when the morning came he found the task a difficult one to enter upon.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Philippe acquainted her with the joys and griefs of his difficult profession.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The ablutionary fluid is most difficult to be had in places where water is abundant.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- At the moment of parting he began to realize that he had undertaken a difficult task.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "I think you would find it a difficult undertaking," he said.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It was difficult to state with certainty what bad deed she had ever done, or what good deed.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Mabel's lawyer has won the most difficult case he ever fought for.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- The tasks we face are difficult, and we can accomplish them only if we work together.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It is difficult for me to fix positively the breadth of this Pass.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- Just because it would be so difficult to raise the hundred pounds she urged it.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
Antonyms for difficult
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