noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being difficult. uncountable
2. 2
   the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

complexitycomplicationcussednessdifficultydifficultyhairiness

Etymology

From difficult + -ness.

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