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difficulty

n. 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"

difficulty

n. 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"

trouble, difficulty

n. 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"

difficulty, difficultness

n. the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

rub, hitch, hang-up, snag

n. an unforeseen obstacle

complication

n. a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication"

complication, complicatedness, knottiness

n. puzzling complexity

obstruction, obstacle

n. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

hardship, adversity

n. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

visitation, trial, cross, tribulation

n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

challenge

n. a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

dilemma, quandary

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

affliction

n. a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

crisis

n. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

emergency

n. a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

misfortune, bad luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

pass, straits, strait

n. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

elaboration, elaborateness, intricacy

n. marked by elaborately complex detail

complication, complicatedness, knottiness

n. puzzling complexity

hindrance, handicap, drawback

n. the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

success

n. a state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

care, attention, aid, tending

n. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

ease, simplicity, easiness

n. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"

facility, quickness, adeptness, adroitness, deftness

n. skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

aid, assistance, help

n. a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"

facility, readiness

n. a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen

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