10 Letters
7 Consonants
3 Vowels
4 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use difficulty as a noun in a sentence.
About Difficulty
A 4 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters c, d, f, i, l, t, u, and y, 7 consonants, 3 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters ic. Difficulty starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dif, diff, diffi, and the ending characters are y, ty, lty, ulty, culty, . Difficulty is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
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"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Difficulty is set as a grade six word that starts with d, ends with y, 4 syllables, 3 vowels and 10 letters.
Pig Latin
Difficulty in Pig Latin is said as "ifficultyday or ifficultydway".
Unigram
d | i | f | f | i | c | u | l | t | y
Bigram
di | if | ff | fi | ic | cu | ul | lt | ty
Trigram
dif | iff | ffi | fic | icu | cul | ult | lty
Quadrigram
diff | iffi | ffic | ficu | icul | cult | ulty
Word Gram
Noun Examples
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"
the quality of being difficult;
"they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Difficulty"

There are 843 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to difficulty.

SynonymDefinition
Abstrusenessthe quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Abuse A Privilege
Accenta diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Adoa rapid bustling commotion
Adversitya stroke of ill fortune
a calamitous event
"a period marked by adversities"
Afflictcause bodily suffering to
Afflictiona cause of great suffering and distress
Affraya noisy fight
Aggravatemake worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Aggravationaction that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
"the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"

View all cognitive synonyms for Difficulty

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from difficulty.

Anagram Definition
Difficultyan 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"

View English words with the unique letters used in difficulty. Words With The Letters Cdfiltuy

Derives

Difficulty derives from 4 words.

Word Definition
Bothersomething or someone that causes trouble
a source of unhappiness
"washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"
"a bit of a bother"
"he''s not a friend, he''s an infliction"
Inconvenience Oneself
Troublean 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"
Trouble Oneself

Hypernyms

Difficulty has 5 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Efforta notable achievement
"he performed a great deed"
"the book was her finest effort"
Elbow Grease
Exertionuse of physical or mental energy
hard work
"he got an A for effort"
"they managed only with great exertion"
Sweatuse of physical or mental energy
hard work
"he got an A for effort"
"they managed only with great exertion"
Travailuse of physical or mental energy
hard work
"he got an A for effort"
"they managed only with great exertion"

Hyponyms

There are 2 hyponyms for difficulty

Word Definition
The Devil
Tsuris(Yiddish) aggravating trouble;
"the frustrating tsuris he subjected himself to"





     

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