Noun Definition

difficulty

1.Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

Category: General

2.Definition: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

Category: General

3.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):trouble

Category: General

4.Definition: the quality of being difficult

"They agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

Related Noun(s):difficultness

Category: General