difficulties

Variant of difficulty

difficulty definition

dif·fi·culty (dif′i kul′tē, -kəl′-)

noun pl. difficulties -·ties

  1. the condition or fact of being difficult
  2. something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection
  3. trouble, distress, etc., or a cause of this
  4. a disagreement or quarrel

Etymology: ME & OFr difficulte < L difficultas < difficilis, difficult < dis-, not + facilis, easy: see facile

difficulty Idioms

in difficulties

in distress, esp. financially

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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