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difficult
ADJECTIVE:

1. not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard:
a difficult job.

2. hard, or not easy to understand or solve; intricate; puzzling:
a difficult problem; difficult reading; found calculus too difficult.

3. hard to deal with or get on with, manage, or overcome; troublesome:
a difficult pupil; a difficult child; having a difficult time coping with her death.

4. hard to please or satisfy:
​a difficult employer.

5. hard to persuade or induce; stubborn:
a difficult old man.

6. disadvantageous; trying; hampering:
The operation was performed under the most difficult conditions.

7. fraught with hardship, especially financial hardship:
We saw some difficult times during the depression years.

8. not easily convinced, pleased, or satisfied:
a difficult audience.

9. full of hardships or trials:
difficult times ahead.

10. hard, or not easy to do, make, or carry out; arduous; requiring effort:
a difficult climb; a difficult job.

Examples:

We were asked lots of difficult questions; I had to make a very difficult decision. —Merriam-Webster.

Origin:

1350–1400; Middle English, back formation from difficulty. British dictionary: C14: back formation from difficulty. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of difficult: 14th century. History and Etymology for difficult: Middle English, probably back-formation from difficulte difficulty. 
—Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

Updated: 23 August 2020 {7:15 PM}
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