difficult

adjective/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

Frequency rank: #708 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Hard to do or understand; needing much effort or skill.

Illustration for the English word “difficult”

Example sentence

Learning to ride a bike without training wheels can be quite difficult.

Synonyms & related words

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