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Showing words for DIFFICULTY using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Difficulty

difficulty

9 Letter Words for Difficulty

difficult

8 Letter Words for Difficulty

fluidify, fluidity, lucidity

7 Letter Words for Difficulty

cityful, dulcify, dulcity, fluidic

6 Letter Words for Difficulty

citify, cliffy, clifty, cutify, fictil, fitful, lyctid, tidily

5 Letter Words for Difficulty

cliff, clift, cluff, cuffy, culti, dicty, duffy, fifty, fitly, fluid, fluty, fluyt, icily, licit, litui, lucid, ludic, lycid, lytic, ticul, tiffy

4 Letter Words for Difficulty

city, clit, cuff, cuif, cuit, cult, cyul, dict, dicy, diff, duci, duct, duff, duit, dulc, dult, duly, duty, fdic, fict, fili, filt, flic, flit, fuci, idic, idly, iffy, lift, liti, litu, lucy, luff, luit, tidi, tidy, tiff, tuff, uily, util, yilt, yuft

3 Letter Words for Difficulty

cdf, cfd, cfi, cid, cif, cit, cli, cly, ctf, cud, cul, cut, cyl, dft, dif, dil, dit, duc, dui, fcy, fid, fil, fit, fld, flt, flu, fly, fud, fut, icy, ifc, iff, itd, iud, lcd, lid, lif, lit, ltd, lud, lut, lyc, tic, tid, til, tiu, tlc, tui, tuy, uit, ult, utc, uti, yid

Definitions for Difficulty

[1] the fact or condition of being difficult.
[2] Often difficul·ties. an embarrassing situation, especially of financial affairs.
[3] a trouble or struggle.
[4] a cause of trouble, struggle, or embarrassment.
[5] a disagreement or dispute.
[6] reluctance; unwillingness.
[7] a demur; objection.
[8] something that is hard to do, understand, or surmount; an impediment or obstacle.
[9] the state or quality of being difficult
[10] a task, problem, etc, that is hard to deal with
[11] (often plural) a troublesome or embarrassing situation, esp a financial one
[12] a dispute or disagreement
[13] (often plural) an objection or obstacle he always makes difficulties
[14] a trouble or source of trouble; worry
[15] lack of ease; awkwardness he could run only with difficulty

Words related to Difficulty

predicament, complication, dilemma, hardship, hazard, snag, obstacle, struggle, frustration, pain, trouble, deadlock, crisis, adversity, stress, anxiety, embarrassment, inconvenience, setback, strife

Words nearby Difficulty

differentiate, differentiation, differentiator, difficile, difficult, difficulty, diffidence, diffident, diffluence, diffluent, difflugia

Origin of Difficulty

1350–1400; Middle English difficulte (< Anglo-French ) < Latin difficultās, equivalent to difficil(is ) difficile + -tās -ty2

Other words from Difficulty

pre·dif·fi·cul·ty , noun, plural pre·dif·fi·cul·ties.

Word origin for Difficulty

C14: from Latin difficultās, from difficilis difficult, from dis- not + facilis easy, facile

Synonyms for Difficulty

adversity, complication, crisis, deadlock, dilemma, frustration, hardship, hazard, obstacle, pain, predicament, snag, struggle, trouble, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, crux, distress, emergency, exigency, fix, hindrance, hitch, impasse, knot, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstruction, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, quagmire, quandary, scrape, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, tribulation, dead end, deep water, hot water, stumbling block