difficult (a)
hard#6 (a)

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type a
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def not easy
def requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
examples 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?
Outgoing links
Also see demanding; effortful; hard
Attribute difficulty, difficultness
Derivationally related form hard → hardness
Derivationally related form difficult → difficultness
Antonym difficult → easy
Similar to ambitious, challenging; arduous; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable; baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough; catchy, tricky; delicate, ticklish, touchy; fractious; hard-fought; herculean; nasty, tight; rocky, rough; rugged, tough; serious; tall(a); thorny; troublesome; trying; vexed
Incoming links
Also see demanding; effortful; hard; complex
Similar to ambitious, challenging; arduous; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable; baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough; catchy, tricky; delicate, ticklish, touchy; fractious; hard-fought; herculean; nasty, tight; rocky, rough; rugged, tough; serious; tall(a); thorny; troublesome; trying; vexed
Antonym easy → difficult
Derived from adjective hard → hard
Derivationally related form difficultness → difficult
Attribute difficulty, difficultness
Derivationally related form hardness → hard

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