difficult

difficult is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
2. adjective. Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
3. transitive verb. To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
4. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: hard

5. adjective. hard to control, "an unmanageable situation"

   "a difficult child"

   Synonyms: unmanageable

Synonyms

hard, unmanageable

Common word forms

difficultly, difficultness

Words from these letters

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