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

  Difficulty \Dif"fi*cul*ty\, n.; pl. Difficulties. [L.
     difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis
     easy: cf. F. difficult['e]. See Facile.]
     1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness;
        arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as,
        the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of
        difficulty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not being able to promote them [the interests of
              life] on account of the difficulty of the region.
                                                    --James Byrne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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; as, the
        difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They lie under some difficulties by reason of the
              emperor's displeasure.                --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an
        objection; a cavil.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Measures for terminating all local difficulties.
                                                    --Bancroft.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; --
        usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In days of difficulty and pressure.   --Tennyson.
  
     Syn: Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment;
          perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial;
          objection; cavil. See Impediment.
          [1913 Webster]

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

  Difficulty \Dif"fi*cul*ty\, n.; pl. Difficulties. [L.
     difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis
     easy: cf. F. difficult['e]. See Facile.]
     1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness;
        arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as,
        the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of
        difficulty.
  
              Not being able to promote them [the interests of
              life] on account of the difficulty of the region.
                                                    --James Byrne.
  
     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; as, the
        difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
  
              They lie under some difficulties by reason of the
              emperor's displeasure.                --Addison.
  
     3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an
        objection; a cavil.
  
              Measures for terminating all local difficulties.
                                                    --Bancroft.
  
     4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; --
        usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
  
              In days of difficulty and pressure.   --Tennyson.
  
     Syn: Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment;
          perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial;
          objection; cavil. See Impediment.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  difficulty
       n 1: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of
            trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty
            walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
            [syn: trouble]
       2: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or
          tending to produce a negative result; "serious
          difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
       3: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability
          to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or
          overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
       4: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the
          difficulty of the climb" [syn: difficultness] [ant: ease]

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

  difficulty
     Αγγλικά n.
     η δυσκολία

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

  difficulty
     n.
     1 The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
     2 An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. <!-- Could be
  shortened to problem, just that problem is defined in terms of
  difficulty. -->

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

  difficulty
     n.
     1 The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
     2 An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. <!-- Could be
  shortened to problem, just that problem is defined in terms of
  difficulty. -->

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

  difficulty
     n.
     1 The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
     2 An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. <!-- Could be
  shortened to problem, just that problem is defined in terms of
  difficulty. -->

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

  difficulty
     n.
     1 The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
     2 An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. <!-- Could be
  shortened to problem, just that problem is defined in terms of
  difficulty. -->

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

  difficulty
     Englanti n.
     vaikeus

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

  difficulty
     Engelska n.
     svårighet

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

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  moeilikheid

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

  Difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  الصعوبة

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

  difficulty //ˈdɪfɪkəlti// 
  1. затруднение, препятствие, пречка
  obstacle
  2. мъчнотия, трудност
  state of being difficult

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  úskalí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  potíž

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  obtížnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  obtíž

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/ 
  anhawster 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  Beschwerlichkeit 
   see: difficulties, with difficulty
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  Schwierigkeit 
           Note: bei etw.
        "fraught with difficulty"  - voller Schwierigkeiten
        "get into difficulty"  - in Schwierigkeiten geraten
        "overcome a difficulty"  - eine Schwierigkeit meistern
   see: difficulties, difficulty, financial embarrassment, experience difficulties
  
           Note: in doing sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  Schwierigkeiten 
        "fraught with difficulty"  - voller Schwierigkeiten
        "get into difficulty"  - in Schwierigkeiten geraten
        "overcome a difficulty"  - eine Schwierigkeit meistern
     Synonym: difficulties
  
   see: difficulty, financial embarrassment, experience difficulties
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  
  δυσκολία, δυσχέρεια

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  difficulty //ˈdɪfɪkəlti// 
  1. este, hankaluus
  obstacle
  2. vaikeus, hankaluus
  state of being difficult

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/ 
  1. कठिनता
        "There are lot of difficulties in climbing the mountain."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  nedaća, neprijatnost, tegoba, teškoća, težak, tjeskoba

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  1. bonyolultság
  2. nehézség
  3. akadály

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  difficulty //ˈdɪfɪkəlti// 
  kesukaran
  state of being difficult

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  difficulty //ˈdɪfɪkəlti// 
  1. 困難, 障害
  obstacle
  2. 難しさ
  state of being difficult

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  difficulty /dıfəkʌltı/ 
  kebli padėtis, sunkumas, kliūtis, apsunkinimas, kliuvinys

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəltɪ/ 
   1.  trudność
   2.  have difficulty doing sth (have V: :difficulty VBG NP)
   - robić coś z trudem, robić coś z trudnością
   3.  in difficulty/difficulties (:in [:difficulty | :difficulties])
   - w przypadku trudności, w przypadku kłopotów

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  difficulty /difikəltiː/
  dificuldade, apuro

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  difficulty /difikəltiː/
  inconveniente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  difficulty //ˈdɪfɪkəlti// 
  1. möda
  obstacle
  2. svårighet, besvär
  state of being difficult

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  difficulty /dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti/
  1. güçlük zorluk, müşkülât: güç şey, engel, mânia: nazlanma, itiraz
  2. sıkıntı, problem. be in difficulties parasız kalmak. make veya raise a difficulty güçlük çıkarmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɪfəkəɫti/, /ˈdɪfɪˌkəɫti/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  168 Moby Thesaurus words for "difficulty":
     Gordian knot, abstruseness, adverse circumstances, adversity,
     affliction, aggravation, agreement to disagree, altercation,
     annoyance, arduousness, asperity, bad news, bedevilment, beef,
     bickering, blight, block, blockade, bore, bother, botheration,
     bothersomeness, bottleneck, bummer, burden, burthen, care, cargo,
     catch, challenge, charge, complexity, complication, controversy,
     cordon, crabbedness, crampedness, crashing bore, cross,
     cross-purposes, cumbrance, curse, curtain, deadweight, deepness,
     demurral, demurrer, determent, deterrent, devilment, difference,
     difference of opinion, difficulties, dilemma, disadvantage,
     disagreement, disparity, dispute, distress, dividedness, division,
     dogging, downer, drag, drawback, embarrassment, emergency,
     encumbrance, esoterica, exasperation, exigency, falling-out, fight,
     fix, formidableness, freight, hamper, handicap, hang-up,
     harassment, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardness,
     hardship, harrying, hassle, hazard, headache, heavy sledding,
     hindrance, hitch, hot water, hounding, hurdle, impediment,
     impedimenta, imposition, inconvenience, intricacy, irritation, jam,
     joker, knottiness, laboriousness, load, lumber, mess,
     misunderstanding, molestation, nuisance, objection, obstacle,
     obstruction, obstructive, odds, one small difficulty, onus, pack,
     painfulness, pass, penalty, persecution, pest, pickle, pinch,
     pitfall, plight, polarization, predicament, pressure, problem,
     profoundness, profundity, protest, quandary, question,
     reconditeness, remonstrance, remonstration, rigor, rub, scrape,
     sea of troubles, snag, squabble, strain, strait, straits, stress,
     stress of life, stumbling block, stumbling stone, trial,
     tribulation, trouble, troubles, vale of tears, variance, vexation,
     vexatiousness, vicissitude, vigor, weight, white elephant,
     worriment, worry
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 困难;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. U困难,艰难;C难点,难事,困境;异议,反对,争论

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