
[Middle English difficulte, from Old French dificulte, from Latin difficultās, from difficilis, difficult : dis-, dis- + facilis, easy.]
SYNONYMS difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude. These nouns denote something that requires great effort to overcome: grappling with financial difficulties; a life of hardship; undergoing the rigors of prison; withstood the vicissitudes of an army career.
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Definition: argument
Antonyms: accommodation, agreement, harmony, peace
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Definition: mental burden
Antonyms: calmness, contentment, peace, pleasure, satisfaction
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Definition: problem; hardness in effort required
Antonyms: calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility
The state or quality of being not easy to perform. In some models of movement-behaviour, difficulty depends on both the distance a limb has to move and the narrowness of the target. As the movement becomes more difficult, the time to complete the movement accurately increases (see Pitt's law).
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
— Albert Einstein
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Quotes:
"It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged."
- Edward W. Ziegler
"Bumps are the things we climb on."
- Warren Wiersbe
"When you are down and out something always turns up -- and it is usually the noses of your friends."
- Orson Welles
"What is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of effort required to accomplish something! A mere notice of the necessity for exertion; a scarecrow to children and fools and a stimulus to real men."
- Samuel Warren
"Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed; it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road."
- Source Unknown
"If things are natural, they're easy. If they're unnatural they're difficult. I have never met a man who found it difficult to marry, but I have never found a man who found it easy to divorce either."
- Source Unknown
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vanskelighed, problem, nød
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Nederlands (Dutch)
probleem, moeilijkheid, problemen
Français (French)
n. - difficulté, tracas, obstacle, ennuis, problèmes
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Problem, Schwierigkeit
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δυσκολία, δυσχέρεια
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - dificuldade (f)
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Español (Spanish)
n. - dificultad, problema, apuro, aprieto, lucha, disputa, desgano, objeción
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svårighet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
困难, 难点
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 困難, 難點
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 난해, 경제적 곤란, 불만
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 困難, 難事, 窮境, 不本意, 苦情, 異議, 不和
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صعوبه, عائق, شئ يصعب عمله أو فهمه أو التعامل معه
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