1. difficulty - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): trouble
Hypernym(s): effort, elbow_grease, exertion, travail, sweat
2. difficulty - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): cognitive_factor
3. difficulty - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): condition, status
4. difficulty - noun
· the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
Synonym(s): difficultness
Hypernym(s): quality
Antonym(s): ease
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