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Difficulties

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Difficulties"

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Word	Definition
hardshipnoun	Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
problemnoun	A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
difficultverb	Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
predicamentnoun	An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
distressnoun	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
hardnoun	(countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
evilnoun	Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
doldrumsnoun	Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
painsnoun	Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
challengenoun	A confrontation; a dare.
hurdlesnoun	A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.
oddsnoun	The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
questionsnoun	A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
troublesnoun	(Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.
straitsnoun	(informal) Ellipsis of Dire Straits, a British rock band.
adversitiesnoun	(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
barriersnoun	A structure that bars passage.
blockagesnoun	(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
bottlenecksnoun	(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
burdensnoun	A heavy load.