English adjective: difficult | |||
1. | difficult not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | ||
Samples | A difficult task. Nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access. Difficult times. Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?. | ||
Synonyms | hard | ||
Similar | ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling, catchy, challenging, delicate, elusive, embarrassing, fractious, hard-fought, herculean, knotty, nasty, problematic, problematical, rocky, rough, rugged, serious, sticky, tall, thorny, ticklish, tight, touchy, tough, tough, tricky, troublesome, trying, unenviable, vexed | ||
See also | demanding, effortful, hard | ||
Attribute | difficultness, difficulty | ||
Antonyms | easy | ||
2. | difficult hard to control | ||
Samples | A difficult child. An unmanageable situation. | ||
Synonyms | unmanageable | ||
Similar | indocile, uncheckable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly | ||
See also | defiant, disobedient, intractable, noncompliant | ||
Antonyms | manageable | ||