n. 1 strain, hardship, arduousness, laboriousness, formidableness, tribulation, painfulness Despite much difficulty she succeeded 2 hardship, obstacle, problem, distress, pitfall, dilemma, predicament, problem, snag, hindrance; Gordian knot He has encountered difficulties during his career 3 Often, difficulties. embarrassment, plight, predicament, mess, strait(s), trouble, scrape, Colloq hot water, jam, pickle, fix; hot potato She always seems to be in financial difficulties
DIFFICULTY
Meaning of DIFFICULTY in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012