DIFFICULT

Meaning of DIFFICULT in English

■ adjective

1》 needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

2》 not easy to please or satisfy; awkward.

Derivatives

~ly adverb ( rare ).

~ness noun

Origin

ME: back-form. from ~y .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DIFFICULT — I. ˈdifə](ˌ)kəlt sometimes -fē] or -fi]\ adjective Etymology: back-formation from difficulty 1. : hard to do, make, or carry out …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULT — (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULT — ( v. t. ) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — ( a. ) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — — difficultly , adv. /dif"i kult', -keuhlt/ , adj. 1. not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adjective Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from difficulty Date: 14th century 1. : hard to do, make, or carry out : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — vt to render difficult; to impede; to perplex. 2. difficult ·adj hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought …
Webster English vocab
DIFFICULT — difficult BrE AmE ˈdɪf ɪk ə lt -ək-; § \ -ɪ kʌlt, -ə- ▷ difficult|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — / ˈdɪfɪkəlt; NAmE / adjective 1. difficult (for sb) (to do sth) not easy; needing effort or skill to do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — dif ‧ fi ‧ cult S1 W1 /ˈdɪfɪk ə lt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: difficulty ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adj.1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please or …
Oxford English vocab
DIFFICULT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is difficult is not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a difficult choice ▪ It was a very difficult choice for me. a difficult concept …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — [adjective] - needing skill or effort; not easya difficult problem/choice/task/language/bookDiagnosis of the illness is notoriously/fiendishly difficult.It will be very difficult …
Cambridge English vocab
DIFFICULT — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , prove , remain , seem , sound ▪ become , get ▪ It …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,5,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ awkward/difficult • ↑ find sth difficult • ↑ make life difficult • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFICULT — INDEX: 1. difficult to do or understand 2. needing a lot of skill, hard work, and determination 3. needing a …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFICULT — adj. 25B6; adjective a very difficult job : HARD, strenuous, arduous, laborious, tough, onerous, burdensome, demanding, punishing, gruelling, back-breaking, exhausting, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 hard, arduous, toilsome, strenuous, tough, laborious, burdensome, onerous, demanding He found it difficult to work the longer hours …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb ≈ тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. ≈ Мне трудно печатать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — difficult.ogg ʹdıfık(ə)lt a 1. 1> трудный; тяжёлый difficult ascent task, text - трудное восхождение задание, -ый текст difficult ground - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIFFICULT — difficult прил.1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb — тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. — Мне трудно печатать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DIFFICULT — a 1. 1> трудный; тяжёлый difficult ascent task, text - трудное восхождение задание, -ый текст difficult ground - воен. труднопроходимая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb — тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. — Мне трудно печатать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb — тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. — Мне трудно печатать на машинке. Syn: hard, arduous, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIFFICULT — _a. 1> трудный; тяжелый 2> затруднительный, неприятный 3> требовательный; обидчивый; неуживчивый - difficult person _Syn: hard
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DIFFICULT — a. 1. трудный; тяжелый 2. затруднительный, неприятный 3. требовательный; обидчивый; неуживчивый - difficult person Syn: hard
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb ≈ тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. ≈ Мне трудно печатать …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — desfacil (-itá), penosi
English interlingue dictionary
DIFFICULT — lesud (Adjective) lisod;mahirap;malisud
English-Visayan vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adjective Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from ~y Date: 14th century hard to do, make, or carry out ; arduous , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIFFICULT — (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULT — ( a. ) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adj. hard, troublesome, causing difficulty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DIFFICULT — adj. Pronunciation: ' di-fi-( ˌ )k ə lt Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from difficulty Date: 14th century 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — [dif.fi.cult] adj [ME, back-formation fr. difficulty] (14c) 1: hard to do, make, or carry out: arduous "a ~ climb" 2. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIFFICULT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ is not …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DIFFICULT — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, abstruse, adverse, antagonistic, arduous, awkward, baffling, beyond one, bloody-minded, brutal, burdensome, cantankerous, complex, complicated, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: HARD 6, arduous, difficile, effortful, labored, laborious, operose, strenuous, toilsome, uphill Related Words: problem, problematic Idioms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DIFFICULT — a. 1. Hard, arduous, Herculean, uphill, beset with ~y. 2. Obscure, hard to be understood, intricate, perplexing. 3. Austere, rigid, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DIFFICULT — adjective Synonyms: hard 6, arduous, difficile, effortful, labored, laborious, operose, strenuous, toilsome, uphill Related Word: problem, problematic Idioms: easier said …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
DIFFICULT — adj. 1) ~ for (typing is ~ for me) 2) ~ to + inf. (it is ~ to please him …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DIFFICULT — eorfeþe, earfoþlic, earfoðlice
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
DIFFICULT — Трудный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — (s) нелегок
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DIFFICULT — (a) затруднительный; нелегкий; сложный; трудный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DIFFICULT — a 1. 1) трудный; тяжёлый ~ ascent [task, text] - трудное восхождение [задание, -ый текст] ~ ground - воен. труднопроходимая …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DIFFICULT — adj. трудный, нелегкий, тяжелый; обидчивый; требовательный; неуживчивый; неприятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIFFICULT — adj. трудный, нелегкий, тяжелый; обидчивый; требовательный; неуживчивый; неприятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIFFICULT — трудный; тяжелый затруднительный, неприятный требовательный; обидчивый; неуживчивый
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, тяжелый, затруднительный 2) требовательный • - difficult task
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
DIFFICULT — _a. 1> трудный; тяжёлый 2> затруднительный, неприятный 3> требовательный; обидчивый; неуживчивый; difficult person тяжёлый человек; трудный субъект
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DIFFICULT — Мучительный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — Затруднительный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — Жёсткий
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — Вкрутую
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — [adj.] 1) трудный 2) тяжёлый (о характере (и т.п.)) 3) затруднительный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
DIFFICULT — a 1) трудный; 2) тяжёлый (о характере и т. п.) ; 3) затруднительный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
DIFFICULT — трудный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
DIFFICULT — трудный, требовательный, затруднительный
English-Russian vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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