difficult; hard




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"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

Antonym:
  • easy

Nearest:
  • ambitious; challenging
  • arduous
  • awkward; embarrassing; sticky; unenviable
  • baffling; elusive; knotty; problematic; problematical; tough
  • catchy; tricky
  • delicate; ticklish; touchy
  • fractious
  • hard-fought
  • herculean
  • nasty; tight
  • rocky; rough
  • rugged; tough
  • serious
  • tall
  • thorny
  • troublesome
  • trying
  • vexed


WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University