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difficulty - 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" |
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condition,
status the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
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bitch female of any member of the dog family
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plight,
predicament,
quandary a solemn pledge of fidelity
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rattrap a trap for catching rats
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pinch a squeeze with the fingers
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fix,
hole,
jam,
kettle of fish,
mess,
muddle,
pickle an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
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hard time,
rough sledding a difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers"
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strain,
stress an intense or violent exertion
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mire a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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job,
problem a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
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situation a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
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urinary hesitancy difficulty in beginning the flow of urine; associated with prostate enlargement in men and with narrowing of the urethral opening in women; may be caused by emotional stress in either men or women
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wall an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
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difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" |
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ease,
easiness,
simpleness,
simplicity freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"
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difficult,
hard 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?"
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quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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effortfulness the quality of requiring deliberate effort
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asperity,
grimness,
hardship,
rigor,
rigorousness,
rigour,
rigourousness,
severeness,
severity harshness of manner
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hardness,
ruggedness the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
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formidability,
toughness impressive difficulty
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burdensomeness,
heaviness,
onerousness,
oppressiveness unwelcome burdensome difficulty
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niceness,
subtlety the quality of nice
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inconvenience,
troublesomeness,
worriment the quality of not being useful or convenient
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difficulty - 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" |
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cognitive factor something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
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problem,
trouble a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"
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facer (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
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killer a difficulty that is hard to deal with; "that exam was a real killer"
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kink a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out"
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pisser a very disagreeable difficulty
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booby trap,
pitfall an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
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snorter something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter"
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balk,
baulk,
check,
deterrent,
handicap,
hinderance,
hindrance,
impediment an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
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wrinkle a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
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