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  • 101 Dimly

    adv.
    Indistinctly: P. ἀσαφῶς, V. δυσκρίτως.
    I see but dimly with my eyes: V. λεπτὰ γὰρ λεύσσω κόραις (Eur., Or. 224); see adj., dim.
    With difficulty: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς.

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  • 102 Distract

    v. trans.
    P. διασπᾶν.
    Confuse: P. and V. ταράσσειν, συνταράσσειν, ἐκπλήσσειν, θράσσειν (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. κλονεῖν, στροβεῖν.
    Be distracted, be in doubt: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.); see be in difficulties, under Difficulty.
    Of the state: P. and V. νοσεῖν, Ar. and P. στασιάζειν.
    Be mad: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι, οὐ φρονεῖν, παραφρονεῖν, μαίνεσθαι, λυσσᾶν (Plat.), Ar. and V. ἀλύειν; see Mad.

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  • 103 Distress

    v. trans.
    Vex, annoy: P. and V. λυπεῖν, ἀνιᾶν, δάκνειν, ὄχλον παρέχειν (dat.), Ar. and P. πράγματα παρέχειν (dat.), ἐνοχλεῖν (acc. or dat.), ἀποκναίειν, Ar. and V. κνίζειν, πημαίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.), τείρειν, V. ὀχλεῖν, γυμνάζειν, ἀλγύνειν; see Vex.
    Harass: P. and V. πιέζειν.
    Be distressed: P. and V. βαρύνεσθαι, κάμνειν, πονεῖν, P. ἀδημονεῖν, ἀγωνιᾶν, κακοπαθεῖν, V. θυμοφθορεῖν, μογεῖν, ἀσχάλλειν (Dem. 555, but rare P.), ἀτᾶσθαι; see be vexed, under Vex.
    Be in difficulties: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
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    subs.
    Vexation: P. and V. λύπη. ἡ, ἀνία, ἡ, ἀχθηδών, ἡ.
    Sorrow, trouble: P. ταλαιπωρία, ἡ, κακοπάθεια, ἡ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ, πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ, δύη, ἡ, οἰζύς, ἡ, Ar. and V. πόνος, ὁ, ἄχος, τό.
    Difficulty, perplexity: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.

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  • 104 Entanglement

    subs.
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.

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  • 105 Exertion

    subs.
    Labour: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ.
    Industry, zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.
    With great exertion, with difficulty: use adv., P. and V. μόλίς, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, ταλαιπώρως, P. ἐπιπόνως.

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  • 106 Feel

    v. trans.
    Touch: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.) (Plat.), V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (also Xen.), ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.); see Touch.
    Feel (sorrow, anger, joy, etc.): P. and V. ἔχειν.
    Feel gratitude: P. and V. χάριν εἰδέναι, χάριν ἔχειν.
    Be vexed at: Ar. and P. ἀγανακτεῖν (dat.), P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν (acc.), P. and V. ἄχθεσθαι (dat.).
    Appreciate: P. περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι, V. πολλῶν ἀξιοῦν.
    Feel one's way: Ar. and P. ψηλαφᾶν.
    Feeling his way with a stick: V. σκήπτρῳ προδεικνύς (Soph.. O.R. 456).
    V. intrans. Be affected: P. and V. πάσχειν.
    How do you feel? P. and V. πῶς ἔχεις;
    Feel well or ill: P. and V. εὖ ἔχειν, κακῶς ἔχειν.
    Perceive: P. and V. αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἐπαισθάνεσθαι; see Perceive.
    Feel friendly towards: P. εὐνοϊκῶς διακεῖσθαι πρός (acc.).
    I feel that I did wrong: use P. and V. σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἀδικῶν or ἀδικοῦντι.
    How most Macedonians feel towards Philip one could have no difficulty in discovering from this: P. οἱ πολλοὶ Μακεδόνων πῶς ἔχουσι Φιλίππῳ ἐκ τούτων ἄν τις σκέψαιτο οὐ χαλεπῶς.
    Just as fractures and sprains make themselves felt when the body catches any disease: P. ὥσπερ τὰ ῥήγματα καὶ τὰ σπάσματα ὅταν τι κακὸν τὸ σῶμα λάβῃ τότε κινεῖται (Dem. 294).
    Feel oneself (injured, etc.): use consider.
    Feel for, grope for: P. ἐπιψηλαφᾶν (gen.), Ar. ψηλαφᾶν (acc.).
    met., sympathise with: P. and V. συναλγεῖν (dat.); see Sympathise.

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  • 107 Ill

    adj.
    Sick: P. νοσώδης, P. and V. ἀσθενής.
    Be ill, v.: P. and V. νοσεῖν, κάμνειν, ἀσθενεῖν, P. ἀρρωστεῖν.
    He fell ill: P. ἠσθένησε (Dem. 13).
    Wicked: P. and V. κακός, πάγκακος, πονηρός, μοχθηρός, φαῦλος, φλαῦρος, πανοῦργος, V. παντουργός. P. and V. κακός, δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος; see P. βλαβερός, P. and V. ἀσύμφορος, κακός, Ar. and V. ἀτηρός, V. λυμαντήριος, see Harmful.
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    adv.
    Wickedly: P. and V. κακῶς, φαύλως.
    Unfortunately: P. and V. κακῶς, δυστυχῶς, V. παγκάκως, δυσπότμως, P. ἀτυχῶς.
    Injuriously: P. and V. κακῶς, P. ἀσυμφόρως.
    Go ill with: P. and V. κακῶς ἔχειν (dat.).
    Take it ill: P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν, δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι, V. πικρῶς φέρειν, Ar. and P. ἀγανακτεῖν, Ar. δεινὰ ποιεῖν.
    Speak ill of: P. and V. κακῶς λέγειν (acc.).
    Be spoken ill of: P. and V. κακῶς ἀκούειν, V. κακῶς κλύειν.
    Hardly, with difficulty: Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, P. and V. μόλις, μόγις.
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    subs.
    Harm: P. and V. κακόν, τό, βλαβή, ἡ, βλάβος, τό; see Harm.
    Misfortune: P. and V. κακόν, τό, συμφορά, ἡ, πάθος, τό, πάθημα, τό, σφάλμα, τό, P. ἀτυχία, ἡ, ἀτύχημα, τό.
    Mischief: P. and V. κακόν, τό, V. πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ, ἄτη, ἡ.

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  • 108 Knot

    subs.
    P. and V. ἅμμα, τό (Plat.).
    met., difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    If you are here not to tighten but to help loose the knot: V. εἰ μὴ συνάψων ἀλλὰ συλλύσων πάρει (Soph., Aj. 1317).
    Knot of people: P. and V. σύστασις, ἡ, σύλλογος, ὁ.
    Gather in knots: P. κατὰ συστάσεις γίγνεσθαι (Thuc. 2, 21).
    Bond: P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, σύνδεσμος, ὁ.
    Making a knot of their hair by the insertion of golden grasshoppers: P. χρυσῶν τεττίγων ἐνέρσει κρωβύλον ἀναδούμενοι τῶν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τριχῶν (Thuc. 1, 6).
    Knob: Ar. and P. τύλος, ὁ (Xen.).
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    v. trans.
    See Tie.

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  • 109 Laboriously

    adv.
    Industriously: P. φιλοπόνως.
    With difficulty: Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, ταλαιπώρως, P. ἐπιπόνως, V. δυσπετῶς, P. and V. μόγις, μόλις.

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  • 110 Laboriousness

    subs.
    P. βαρύτης, ἡ.
    Industry: P. φιλοπονία, ἡ, φιλεργία, ἡ.
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, δυσχέρεια, ἡ.

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  • 111 Painfully

    adv.
    P. and V. λυπηρῶς, ἀλγεινῶς, πικρῶς, ἀνιαρῶς (Xen.), V. λυπρῶς; see Grievously.
    With difficulty: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. ταλαιπώρως, χαλεπῶς, P. ἐπιπόνως, V. δυσπετῶς.

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  • 112 Pass

    v. trans.
    Hand on: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.
    Passing ( the children) on through a succession of hands: V. διαδοχαῖς ἀμείβουσαι χερῶν (τέκνα) (Eur., Hec. 1159).
    Pass ( word or message): P. and V. παραφέρειν, παραγγέλλειν, παρεγγυᾶν (Xen.).
    Go past: P. and V. παρέρχεσθαι, P. παραμείβεσθαι (Plat.), Ar. and V. περᾶν, V. παραστείχειν.
    Sail past: P. παραπλεῖν, παρακομίζεσθαι.
    Go beyond ( of time or place): P. and V. παρέρχεσθαι, Ar. and V. περᾶν (Eur., And. 102).
    Having passed the appointed time: V. παρεὶς τὸ μόρσιμον.
    Their line had now all but passed the end of the Athenian wall: P. ἤδη ὅσον οὐ παρεληλύθει τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων τοῦ τείχους τελευτὴν ἡ ἐκείνων τείχισις (Thuc. 7, 6).
    Go through: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι.
    Cross: P. and V. ὑπερβαίνειν, διαβάλλειν, διαπερᾶν, ὑπερβάλλειν, Ar. and P. διαβαίνειν, περαιοῦσθαι, διέρχεσθαι, P. διαπεραιοῦσθαι (absol.), διαπορεύεσθαι, Ar. and V. περᾶν, V. ἐκπερᾶν.
    Pass ( time): P. and V. διάγειν (Eur., Med. 1355) (with acc. or absol.), τρίβειν, Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (with acc. or absol.), κατατρίβειν, V. ἐκτρίβειν, διαφέρειν, διεκπερᾶν, Ar. and V. ἄγειν.
    Pass time in a place: Ar. and P. ἐνδιατρίβειν (absol.).
    Pass a short time with a person: P. σμικρὸν χρόνον συνδιατρίβειν (dat.) (Plat., Lys. 204C).
    Pass the night: P. and V. αὐλίζεσθαι, V. νυχεύειν (Eur., Rhes.).
    Pass ( accounts): P. ἐπισημαίνεσθαι (εὐθύνας) (Dem. 310).
    Pass ( a law), of the lawgiver: P. and V. τιθέναι (νόμον); of the people: P. and V. τίθεσθαι (νόμον).
    Pass sentence: P. and V. ψῆφον φέρειν, ψῆφον διαφέρειν, ψῆφον τίθεσθαι, P. δίκην ψηφίζεσθαι.
    Pass sentence on: see Condemn.
    Never would they have lived thus to pass sentence on another man: V. οὐκ ἄν ποτε δίκην κατʼ ἄλλου φωτὸς ὧδʼ ἐψήφισαν (Soph., Aj. 648).
    V. intrans. P. and V. ἔρχεσθαι, ἰέναι, χωρεῖν, Ar. and V. βαίνειν, στείχειν, περᾶν, V. ἕρπειν, μολεῖν ( 2nd aor. of βλώσκειν).
    A goddess shall be struck by mortal hand unless she pass from my sight: V. βεβλήσεταί τις θεῶν βροτησίᾳ χερὶ εἰ μὴ ʼξαμείψει χωρὶς ὀμμάτων ἐμῶν (Eur., Or. 271).
    Let pass: P. and V. ἐᾶν; see admit, let slip.
    Go through: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι.
    Go by: P. and V. παρέρχεσθαι, V. παρήκειν.
    Go by ( of time): P. προέρχεσθαι.
    Elapse: P. and V. παρέρχεσθαι, διέρχεσθαι.
    Expire: P. and V. ἐξέρχεσθαι, ἐξήκειν; see also under past.
    Disappear: P. and V. ἀφανίζεσθαι, διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, φθίνειν (Plat.).
    Pass ( of a law): P. and V. νικᾶν.
    Be enacted: P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
    Pass along: P. ἐπιπαριέναι (acc.).
    Pass away: P. and V. ἀπέρχεσθαι, παρέρχεσθαι.
    This decree caused the danger that lowered over the city to pass away like a cloud: P. τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα τὸν τότε τῇ πόλει περιστάντα κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ἐποίησεν ὥσπερ νέφος (Dem. 291).
    met., disappear: P. and V. ἀφανίζεσθαι, διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, φθίνειν (Plat.), Ar. and V. ἔρρειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
    Have passed away, be gone: P. and V. οἴχεσθαι, ἀποίχεσθαι, V. ἐξοίχεσθαι, Ar. and V. διοίχεσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.).
    Pass by: see pass, v. trans.
    met., neglect: P. and V. ἀμελεῖν; see Neglect, Omit.
    Pass from ( life): P. and V. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι βίου, V. μεταστῆναι βίου.
    Pass into: see Enter.
    Change into: P. μεταβαίνειν εἰς (acc.), μεταβάλλειν (εἰς acc., or ἐπί acc.); see Change.
    Pass off: P. and V. ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν.
    Pass away: see pass away.
    Pass on: P. προέρχεσθαι, P. and V. προβαίνειν.
    Pass out of: V. ἐκπερᾶν (acc. or gen.).
    Pass over, omit: P. and V. παριέναι, παραλείπειν, ἐᾶν; see Omit.
    Pass over in silence: P. and V. σιγᾶν (acc.), σιωπᾶν (acc.), V. διασιωπᾶν (acc.).
    Slight: see Slight.
    Pass through: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι (acc.), V. διέρπειν (acc.), διαστείχειν (acc.), Ar. and V. διεκπερᾶν (acc.), διαπερᾶν (acc.) (rare P.).
    Travel through: Ar. and V. διαπερᾶν (acc.) (rare P.), P. διαπορεύεσθαι (acc.).
    Pass through, into: V. διεκπερᾶν εἰς (acc.).
    Pierce: see Pierce.
    Of time (pass through life, etc.): P. and V. διέρχεσθαι (acc.), V. διαπερᾶν (also Xen. but rare P.).
    met., endure: P. and V. διεξέρχεσθαι; see Endure.
    Bring to pass: P. and V. ἀνύτειν, κατανύτειν, διαπράσσειν (or mid. in P.); see Accomplish.
    Come to pass: P. and V. συμβαίνειν, συμπίπτειν, παραπίπτειν, γίγνεσθαι, τυγχάνειν, συντυγχάνειν; see Happen.
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    subs.
    Defile: P. and V. εἰσβολή, ἡ, ἄγκος, τό (Xen.), P. στενόπορα, τά, στενά, τά, πάροδος, ἡ, V. στενωπός, ἡ.
    Safe conduct: Ar. and P. δίαδος, ἡ, P. ἄδεια, ἡ, P. and V. ἀσφάλεια, ἡ.
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see also predicament.
    Having come to so sore a pass: V. εἰς τὰς μεγίστας συμφορὰς ἀφιγμένος (Eur., I.A. 453).

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  • 113 Pinch

    subs.
    Squeeze: Ar. and P. θλίβειν, πιέζειν, P. συμπιέζειν.
    met., difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, τὸ ἄπορον.
    Feel the pinch of hunger: use P. and V. λιμῷ πιέζεσθαι.

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  • 114 Problem

    subs.
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    Matter: P. and V. πρᾶγμα, τό.
    In geometry: P. πρόβλημα, τό.
    Leaving to others these subtle problems of philosophy: V. ἄλλοις τὰ κομψὰ ταῦτʼ ἀφεὶς σοφίσματα (Eur., frag.).

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  • 115 Puzzle

    v. trans.
    P. εἰς ἀπορίαν καθιστάναι.
    Confuse: P. and V. ταράσσειν. ἐκπλήσσειν.
    Lead astray: P. and V. πλανᾶν.
    Be puzzled: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
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    subs.
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    Bewilderment: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ. πλάνη, ἡ.

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  • 116 Question

    subs.
    Something asked: P. ἐρώτησις, ἡ, ἐρώτημα, τό, ἐπερώτησις, ἡ, ἐπερώτημα, τό.
    Cross question: P. and V. ἔλεγχος, ὁ.
    Subject under discussion: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ.
    That would have been quite another question: P. ἄλλος ἂν ἦν λόγος (Dem. 986, cf. 240).
    Divert from the question: P. ἀπάγειν ἀπὸ τῆς ὑποθέσεως (Dem. 416).
    The case in question: P. τὸ προκείμενον.
    Point at issue: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ.
    It is not question of gallantry but of salvation: P. οὐ περὶ ἀνδραγαθίας ὁ ἀγὼν... περὶ δὲ σωτηρίας (Thuc. 5, 101).
    It is now no question of words but of your life: V. λόγων γὰρ οὐ νῦν ἐστιν ἁγὼν ἀλλὰ σῆς ψυχῆς πέρι (Soph., El. 1491).
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    Suspicion: P. and V. ὑπόνοια, ἡ, ὑποψία, ἡ.
    Call in question, suspect, v.: P. and V. ὑποπτεύειν; see also Mistrust.
    Doubt: P. ἀμφισβήτησις, ἡ.
    Be called in question, be doubted, v.: P. ἀμφισβητεῖσθαι.
    Legal case: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, δίκη, ἡ, V. κρῖμα, τό.
    Put the question, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπερωτᾶν.
    Put the question to the vote: P. ἐπιψηφίζειν.
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    v. trans.
    P. and V. ἐρωτᾶν, ἐρέσθαι ( 2nd aor.), ἀνερωτᾶν, ἐπερέσθαι ( 2nd aor.), Ar. and P. ἐπερωτᾶν, V. ἱστορεῖν, ἀνιστορεῖν, ἐξιστορεῖν, ἐξερωτᾶν, ἐξερέσθαι ( 2nd aor.); see Ask.
    Cross examine: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν.
    Suspect: P. and V. ὑποπτεύειν.
    Distrust: P. and V. ἀπιστεῖν (acc. of thing; dat. of person).
    V. intrans. Be perplexed: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).

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  • 117 Riddle

    v. trans.
    See Pierce.
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    subs.
    P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ (Plat. but rare P.).
    Difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμὶ τἀφανῆ γνῶναι σαφῶς (Eur., Hipp. 346). Speak in riddle, v.: P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.

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  • 118 Scarcely

    adv.
    Barely, with difficulty: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς.
    Recently, just: P. and V. ἄρτι, ἀρτίως, Ar. and P. ἔναγχος; see Just.
    Equivalent to not: P. and V. σχολῇ.

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  • 119 Scrape

    v. trans.
    Ar. and P. ξεῖν.
    Shave: P. and V. ξυρεῖν.
    Scrape away: V. διαμᾶν (acc.), P. διαμᾶσθαι (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 26).
    Scrape together (a livelihood, etc.): P. and V. συλλέγειν.
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    subs.
    Difficulty, trouble: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see Trouble.
    What a scrape I have got myself into: Ar. εἰς οἷʼ ἐμαυτὸν εἰσεκύλισα πράγματα (Thesm. 651, cf. 766).

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  • 120 Solution

    subs.
    Dissolving: P. λύσις, ἡ, διάλυσις, ἡ.
    Of a difficulty: P. λύσις, ἡ (Dem. 703).
    Way out: P. and V. ἔξοδος, ἡ.

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  • difficulty — [n1] problem; situation requiring great effort adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water*, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard,… …   New thesaurus

  • difficulty — late 14c., from O.Fr. difficulté, from L. difficultatem (nom. difficultas) difficulty, distress, poverty, from difficilis hard, from dis not, away from (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + facilis easy (see FACILE (Cf. facile)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • difficulty — index adversity, aggravation (annoyance), bar (obstruction), burden, complex (entanglement) …   Law dictionary

  • difficulty — ► NOUN (pl. difficulties) 1) the state or condition of being difficult. 2) a difficult or dangerous situation or circumstance. ORIGIN Latin difficultas, from facultas ability, opportunity …   English terms dictionary

  • difficulty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, major, real, serious, severe ▪ We had enormous difficulty …   Collocations dictionary

  • difficulty */*/*/ — UK [ˈdɪfɪk(ə)ltɪ] / US [ˈdɪfɪkəltɪ] noun Word forms difficulty : singular difficulty plural difficulties Metaphor: A difficult idea or situation is like a knot or something that is tied up, tangled, or twisted. When you deal with it successfully …   English dictionary

  • difficulty — dif|fi|cul|ty [ dıfıkəlti ] noun *** 1. ) uncount how difficult something is: The courses vary in content and difficulty. 2. ) uncount if you have difficulty with something, you are not able to do it easily: difficulty (in) doing something: Six… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • difficulty — n. 1) to cause, create, make, present difficulties for 2) to come across, encounter, experience, face, meet, run into difficulties 3) to clear up, overcome, resolve, surmount a difficulty 4) (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe… …   Combinatory dictionary

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