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(n)
The state or quality of being difficult.
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A distressing or dangerous situation.
(adj)
Difficult.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
A difficulty.
Difficult, hard to do.
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
The state of being arduous.
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
The act of one who struggles.
(countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
The quality of being harsh.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
A dire or unfortunate situation.
Anxious, worried, careworn.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
Anxious or uneasy.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
Physical injury; hurt; damage.
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
Unwillingness to do something.
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
A confrontation; a dare.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
A heavy load.
(medicine) A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
(uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
(only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
Something that constrains; a restriction.
Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
In need; poor.
(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
A structure that bars passage.
(theology) The chief devil; Satan.
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
(athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
(uncountable) Material; substance.
trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
(figuratively) A painful or trying experience.
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
A challenge, trial.
An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
(adv)
(archaic) With difficulty; not easily.
Something that is impossible.
Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
(archaic, rare) insurmountable
The state or quality of being complicated.
The quality of being tricky.
The state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
Exposure to likely harm; peril.
Mental or bodily distress.
The state or quality of being perplexed.
The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
The quality or state of being slow.
A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Causing trouble or anxiety.
The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Misspelling of fraught. [(nautical) Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.]
The condition of being laborious.
The state of being cumbersome