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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Difficult \Dif"fi*cult\, a. [From Difficulty.]
     1. Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended
        with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Difficult implies the notion that considerable mental
           effort or skill is required, or that obstacles are to
           be overcome which call for sagacity and skill in the
           agent; as, a difficult task; hard work is not always
           difficult work; a difficult operation in surgery; a
           difficult passage in an author.
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 There is not the strength or courage left me to
                 venture into the wide, strange, and difficult
                 world, alone.                      --Hawthorne.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon;
        austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
  
     Syn: Arduous; painful; crabbed; perplexed; laborious;
          unaccommodating; troublesome. See Arduous.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Difficult \Dif"fi*cult\, v. t.
     To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. [R.] --Sir W.
     Temple.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Difficult \Dif"fi*cult\, v. t.
     To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. [R.] --Sir W.
     Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Difficult \Dif"fi*cult\, a. [From Difficulty.]
     1. Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended
        with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
  
     Note: Difficult implies the notion that considerable mental
           effort or skill is required, or that obstacles are to
           be overcome which call for sagacity and skill in the
           agent; as, a difficult task; hard work is not always
           difficult work; a difficult operation in surgery; a
           difficult passage in an author.
  
                 There is not the strength or courage left me to
                 venture into the wide, strange, and difficult
                 world, alone.                      --Hawthorne.
  
     2. Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon;
        austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
  
     Syn: Arduous; painful; crabbed; perplexed; laborious;
          unaccommodating; troublesome. See Arduous.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  difficult
       adj 1: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to
              accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult
              task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of
              access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child";
              "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it
              so hard for you to keep a secret?" [syn: hard] [ant:
               easy]
       2: requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was
          long, steep, and difficult"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     Αγγλικά a.
     δύσκολος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     a.
     hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to
  perplex.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     a.
     hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to
  perplex.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     a.
     hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to
  perplex.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     a.
     hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to
  perplex.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     Englanti a.
     vaikea, hankala

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  difficult
     Engelska a.
     svår; besvärlig, omedgörlig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  difficult /dˈɪfɪkəlt/
  moeilik

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Difficult /dˈɪfɪkəlt/
  صعب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  difficult //ˈdɪfɪkəlt// 
  мъ́чен, тру́ден, те́жък
  hard, not easy