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Meaning & Definition of Difficulty in English

English

Difficulty

/dɪfəkəlti/

noun

1. 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"
synonym:
  • trouble,
  • difficulty

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

  • "Serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
synonym:
  • difficulty

3. A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

  • "Grappling with financial difficulties"
synonym:
  • difficulty

4. The quality of being difficult

  • "They agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
synonym:
  • difficulty,
  • difficultness

Examples of using

They scaled the cliff with difficulty.
I had arrived in Italy without difficulty.
In case of whatever difficulty, you may ask.