DIFFICULTY

trouble, difficulty

(noun) an effort that is inconvenient; “I went to a lot of trouble”; “he won without any trouble”; “had difficulty walking”; “finished the test only with great difficulty”

difficulty, difficultness

(noun) the quality of being difficult; “they agreed about the difficulty of the climb”

difficulty

(noun) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; “serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent”

difficulty

(noun) a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; “grappling with financial difficulties”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

difficulty (countable and uncountable, plural difficulties)

The state of being difficult, or hard to do.

An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.

(sometimes, in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning

An objection.

That which cannot be easily understood or believed.

An awkward situation or quarrel.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dif"fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. Difficulties. Etym: [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficulté. See Facile.]

1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region. James Byrne.

2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure. Addison.

3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. Measures for terminating all local difficulties. Bancroft.

4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties. In days of difficulty and pressure. Tennyson.

Syn.

– Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See Impediment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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