difficult (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *difficult*:
ADJECTIVE	all	difficult, hard	not easy
all	difficult, unmanageable	hard to control

difficult > pronunciation
Sounds	dih'fahkahlt
Rhymes	adult ... tumult: 10 rhymes with ahlt...

English > *difficult*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish / accomplish or comprehend or endure.
Examples	"a difficult task" "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access" "difficult times"
Synonym	hard
Attribute of	difficulty, difficultness	The quality of being difficult
Narrower	ambitious, challenging	requiring full use of your abilities or resources
	arduous	Difficult to accomplish / accomplish
	awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable	Hard to deal with
	baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough	making great mental demands
	catchy, tricky	Having concealed difficulty
	delicate, ticklish, touchy	Difficult to handle
	fractious	unpredictably difficult in operation
	hard-fought	requiring great effort
	herculean	Extremely difficult
	nasty, tight	exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
	rocky, rough	Full of hardship or trials
	rugged, tough	Very difficult
	serious	requiring effort or concentration / concentration
	tall	impressively difficult
	thorny	Bristling with perplexities
	troublesome	Difficult to deal with
	trying	Hard to endure
	vexed	Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution
See also	complex	complicated in structure
	demanding	requiring more than usually expected or thought due
	effortful	requiring great physical effort
	hard	dispassionate
Opposite	easy	posing no difficulty
Spanish	difícil, dura, duro
Catalan	difícil, dur, dura
Nouns	difficultness	the quality of being difficult

English > *difficult*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Hard to control.
Example	"a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
Synonym	unmanageable
Narrower	incorrigible	Difficult or impossible to manage or control
	indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly	Of persons
	uncheckable	incapable of being checked or restrained
See also	defiant, noncompliant	boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
	disobedient	not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
	intractable	not tractable
Opposite	manageable	capable of being managed or controlled
Spanish	incontrolable

HyperDic: difficult