Definitions for DIFFICULT
ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌlt, -kəltdif·fi·cult

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. difficult, hardadjective

   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"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

2. unmanageable, difficultadjective

   hard to control

   "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. difficultadjective

   hard, not easy, requiring much effort

2. difficultadjective

   hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg. said of a person, a horse, etc.

3. Etymology: From difficulty, from difficultee, from difficulté, from difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis, from dis- + facilis; see difficile.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIFFICULTadjective

   Etymology: difficilis, Latin.

   1. Hard; not easy; not facil.

   It is difficult in the eyes of this people. Zachar.

   2. Troublesome; vexatious.3. Hard to please; peevish; morose.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Difficult

   Difficult is the fourth single from French-American recording artist Uffies debut album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. The single was produced by Uffie's label-mate and friend SebastiAn and was released by Ed Banger Records, Because Music and Elektra Records on October 18, 2010. Remixes by SebastiAn and Azari & III were included in the release.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. difficult

   Difficult refers to something that requires much effort or skill to accomplish, understand, or deal with. It can also describe a situation or task that presents challenges or complications. Additionally, it may denote someone or something that is hard to please, handle, or manage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Difficultadjective

   hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous

2. Difficultadjective

   hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person

3. Difficultverb

   to render difficult; to impede; to perplex

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Difficult

   dif′i-kult, adj. not easy: hard to be done: requiring labour and pains: hard to please: not easily persuaded.—adv. Diff′icultly.—n. Diff′iculty, laboriousness: obstacle: objection: that which cannot be easily understood or believed: embarrassment of affairs: a quarrel. [The adj. was formed from difficulty, in place of the old form difficile. Fr. difficulté—L. difficultas = difficilitas—difficilis—dif (= dis), neg., and facilis, easy.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DIFFICULT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #425

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DIFFICULT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #457

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DIFFICULT' in Adjectives Frequency: #44

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How to pronounce DIFFICULT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DIFFICULT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DIFFICULT in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DIFFICULT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of DIFFICULT in a Sentence

1. Jeff Tabor:

   For us, it is much more difficult to coordinate these transfer requests, the patients during the summer surge are so much sicker than during the winter surge.

2. Mohammad Kattan:

   At my age it was very difficult, my hope was to get to Macedonia ... so that I could continue on to another country.

3. Neil Basu:

   Dawn leaves behind her family, including three children, and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this extremely difficult time.

4. Pope Francis:

   It was also about laying bare the closed hearts, which frequently hide even behind the church’s teachings or good intentions, in order to sit in the chair of Moses and judge, sometimes with superiority and superficiality, difficult cases and wounded families.

5. Olivier Giroud:

   Courtois is difficult to play against. He is very good in this World Cup with a good defense in front of him, there will be gaps that will have to be used.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DIFFICULT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Difficult
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DIFFICULT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difficult
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DIFFICULT
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DIFFICULT
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=DIFFICULT