Difficulty

//ˈdɪfɪkəlti//

Synonyms for "difficulty" (217 found)

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Strong matches (65)

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More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

8 entries

is a

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related to

5 entries

Translations

137 translations across 61 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • χαλεπότης noun (state of being difficult)
  • ἀπορία noun (state of being difficult)
  • ἀπορία noun (obstacle)

Arabic

2 entries
  • صُعُوبَة noun (state of being difficult)
  • صُعُوبَة noun (obstacle)

Asturian

2 entries
  • dificultá noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificultá noun (obstacle)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • çətinlik noun (state of being difficult)
  • çətinlik noun (obstacle)

Basque

2 entries
  • zailtasun noun (state of being difficult)
  • zailtasun noun (obstacle)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • тру́днасць noun (state of being difficult)
  • ця́жкасць noun (state of being difficult)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • затруднение noun (obstacle)
  • мъчнотия noun (state of being difficult)
  • препятствие noun (obstacle)
  • пречка noun (obstacle)

Catalan

2 entries
  • dificultat noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificultat noun (obstacle)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • زەحمەتی noun (obstacle)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 困難 /困难 noun (state of being difficult)
  • 困難 /困难 noun (obstacle)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • mesele noun (state of being difficult)
  • qıyınlıq noun (state of being difficult)

Czech

3 entries
  • obtíž noun (obstacle)
  • obtížnost noun (state of being difficult)
  • potíž noun (obstacle)

Danish

3 entries
  • besvær noun (obstacle)
  • sværhed noun (state of being difficult)
  • vanskelighed noun (state of being difficult)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hindernis noun (obstacle)
  • moeilijkheid noun (state of being difficult)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • malfacilaĵo noun (obstacle)
  • malfacileco noun (state of being difficult)
  • malfacilo noun (state of being difficult)
  • malfacilo noun (obstacle)

Finnish

4 entries
  • este noun (obstacle)
  • hankaluus noun (state of being difficult)
  • hankaluus noun (obstacle)
  • vaikeus noun (state of being difficult)

French

2 entries
  • difficulté noun (state of being difficult)
  • difficulté noun (obstacle)

Galician

2 entries
  • dificultade noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificultade noun (obstacle)

German

1 entries
  • Schwierigkeit noun (state of being difficult)

Greek

2 entries
  • δυσκολία noun (state of being difficult)
  • δυσκολία noun (obstacle)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • sapernassuseq noun (state of being difficult)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • difikilte noun (state of being difficult)
  • difikilte noun (obstacle)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קושי noun (state of being difficult)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कठिनाई noun (state of being difficult)
  • दिक़्क़त noun (state of being difficult)
  • दिक्कत noun (state of being difficult)
  • बाधा noun (obstacle)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nehézség noun (state of being difficult)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesukaran noun (state of being difficult)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vaikehus noun (state of being difficult)

Irish

3 entries
  • deacracht noun (state of being difficult)
  • habal noun (obstacle)
  • stró noun (obstacle)

Italian

2 entries
  • difficoltà noun (state of being difficult)
  • difficoltà noun (obstacle)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 困難 noun (obstacle)
  • 障害 noun (obstacle)
  • 難しさ noun (state of being difficult)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • āngtsō noun (state of being difficult)
  • āngtsō noun (obstacle)

Korean

2 entries
  • 어려움 noun (state of being difficult)
  • 어려움 noun (obstacle)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кыйындык noun (state of being difficult)
  • кыйындык noun (state of being difficult)

Ladino

2 entries
  • difikoltá noun (state of being difficult)
  • difikultad noun (state of being difficult)

Latin

3 entries
  • artum noun (obstacle)
  • difficultās noun (state of being difficult)
  • difficultās noun (obstacle)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тешкотија noun (state of being difficult)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • കഷ്ടപ്പാട് noun (state of being difficult)
  • ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട് noun (state of being difficult)
  • ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട് noun (obstacle)

Middle English

3 entries
  • difficulte noun (state of being difficult)
  • resistence noun (state of being difficult)
  • resistence noun (obstacle)

Māori

2 entries
  • papatoieketanga noun (state of being difficult)
  • uauatanga noun (state of being difficult)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ił nanitłʼah noun (state of being difficult)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • aber noun (obstacle)
  • vanske noun (state of being difficult)
  • vanske noun (obstacle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • vanske noun (state of being difficult)
  • vanske noun (obstacle)

Occitan

1 entries
  • dificultat noun (state of being difficult)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Schwierichkjeit noun (state of being difficult)
  • Schwierichkjeit noun (obstacle)

Polish

2 entries
  • trudność noun (state of being difficult)
  • trudność noun (obstacle)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • dificuldade noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificuldade noun (obstacle)

Romanian

4 entries
  • dificultate noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificultate noun (obstacle)
  • obstacol noun (obstacle)
  • piedică noun (obstacle)

Russian

4 entries
  • затрудне́ние noun (obstacle)
  • сло́жность noun (state of being difficult)
  • тру́дность noun (state of being difficult)
  • тру́дность noun (obstacle)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • त्यजस् noun (obstacle)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cruadal noun (state of being difficult)
  • cruas noun (state of being difficult)
  • docaireachd noun (state of being difficult)
  • duilgheadas noun (state of being difficult)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • teškòća noun (state of being difficult)
  • тешко̀ћа noun (state of being difficult)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • qarra noun (obstacle)

Slovak

1 entries
  • obtiažnosť noun (state of being difficult)

Slovene

1 entries
  • težavnost noun (state of being difficult)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cortapisa noun (obstacle)
  • dificultad noun (state of being difficult)
  • dificultad noun (obstacle)

Swedish

3 entries
  • besvär noun (state of being difficult)
  • möda noun (obstacle)
  • svårighet noun (state of being difficult)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కష్టం noun (state of being difficult)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āmāskai noun (state of being difficult)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zorluk noun (state of being difficult)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ва́жкість noun (state of being difficult)
  • тру́дність noun (state of being difficult)
  • тя́жкість noun (state of being difficult)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مشکل noun (state of being difficult)
  • کٹھنائی noun (state of being difficult)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Sometimes he has difficulty being articulate about his views.

Source: tatoeba (1991)

I think you'll have very little difficulty in getting a driver's license.

Source: tatoeba (16302)

You'll have some difficulty in carrying out the plan.

Source: tatoeba (16614)

It helps us in times of difficulty.

Source: tatoeba (18391)

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