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If something is difficult, it requires physical effort or brain power to complete, like climbing Mount Everest, a difficult journey.

Difficult has Latin parts: dis meaning "not, un" and facilis meaning "easy." So, something that is difficult is not easy, like marathon running. Difficult can also be used to describe a situation or person that is hard to control. For example, if you babysit a difficult child, he or she might run away from you and not obey you. And you might have a difficult time agreeing to watch that child again.

DEFINITIONS OF: difficult

adj not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

“a difficult task”

“nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”

“difficult times”

Synonyms:: hard

: demanding
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; ambitious, challenging
requiring full use of your abilities or resources; arduous
difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; catchy, tricky
having concealed difficulty; delicate, ticklish, touchy
difficult to handle; requiring great tact; fractious
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; hard-fought
requiring great effort; herculean
extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules; nasty, tight
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; rocky, rough
full of hardship or trials; rugged, tough
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; serious
requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; tall
impressively difficult; thorny
bristling with perplexities; troublesome
difficult to deal with; trying
hard to endure; vexed
causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; effortful
requiring great physical effort; hard
dispassionate

Antonyms:: easy
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; undemanding
requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; casual, effortless
not showing effort or strain; clean
without difficulties or problems; cushy, easygoing, soft
not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic
easy and not involved or complicated; hands-down
achieved without great effort; painless
requiring little hard work or exertion; simplified
made easy or uncomplicated; smooth
lacking obstructions or difficulties; user-friendly
easy to use; effortless
requiring or apparently requiring no effort; soft
compassionate and kind; conciliatory; simple
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; show more antonyms...

adj hard to control

“"a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation”

Synonyms:: unmanageable

: defiant, noncompliant
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly
of persons; uncheckable
incapable of being checked or restrained; disobedient
not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; intractable
not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

Antonyms:: manageable
capable of being managed or controlled; compliant
disposed or willing to comply; administrable
capable of being administered or managed; controllable, governable
capable of being controlled; directed
manageable by a supervising agent; dirigible, steerable
capable of being steered or directed; obedient
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; manipulable, tractable
easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); show more antonyms...

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