Found 3 items, similar to Difficulty.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: difficulty gerahan, kepayahan, kesukaran, kesulitan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: difficulty difficulty n 1: 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” [syn: trouble] 2: 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” 3: 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” 4: the quality of being difficult; “they agreed about the difficulty of the climb” [syn: difficultness] [ant: ease]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Difficulty Difficulty \Dif"fi*cul*ty\, n.; pl. Difficulties. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult['e]. See Facile.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. [1913 Webster] Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region. --James Byrne. [1913 Webster] 2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. [1913 Webster] They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. [1913 Webster] Measures for terminating all local difficulties. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties. [1913 Webster] In days of difficulty and pressure. --Tennyson. Syn: Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See Impediment. [1913 Webster]