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

[ Syn: trouble ]

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'

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'

the quality of being difficult; they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

[ Syn: difficultness ]