Foundation level · Year 4 · free
difficult
adjective · Say it: DIF-ih-kult
What it means
Foundationhard to do, understand or deal with; needing a lot of effort.
The last question on the maths test was the most difficult one.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- challenging
- hard
- tough
- tricky
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- easy
- simple
More examples
- It was difficult to carry all the shopping bags home from the supermarket.
Where the word comes from
From the Latin word 'difficilis', meaning not easy.
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