Difficultness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being difficult

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/daɪvˈɛsts/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɪfɪkəltnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɪfɪkəltnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /daɪvˈɛsts/.

Examples

they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

difficulty

Antonyms

ease

Parts of Speech

noun	the quality of being difficult “they agreed about the difficulty of the climb”

Word Forms

difficult

adjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schwierigkeit

die Qualität, schwierig zu sein

🇫🇷French

difficulté

la qualité d'être difficile

🇪🇸Spanish

dificultad

la cualidad de ser difícil

🇮🇹Italian

difficoltà

la qualità di essere difficile

🇳🇱Dutch

moeilijkheid

de kwaliteit van moeilijk zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

dificuldade

qualidade do que é difícil

🇷🇺Russian

сложность

качество быть трудным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कठिनाई

कठिन होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

কঠিনতা

কঠিন হওয়ার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

சிரமம்

கடினமாக இருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కష్టం

కష్టం అనే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

अवघडपणा

कठीण असण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

મુશ્કેલી

મુશ્કેલ હોવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಷ್ಟ

ಕಷ್ಟದ ಗುಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ളതിൻ്റെ ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ

ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مشکل

مشکل ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

难度

困难的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

難しさ

難しいという性質

🇰🇷Korean

어려움

어려운 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự khó khăn

chất lượng của sự khó khăn

🇹🇭Thai

ความยากลำบาก

คุณภาพของการเป็นคนยาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesulitan

kualitas menjadi sulit

🇵🇭Filipino

kahirapan

ang kalidad ng pagiging mahirap

🇲🇾Malay

kesukaran

kualiti menjadi sukar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الصعوبة

نوعية كونها صعبة

🇮🇷Persian

سختی

کیفیت سخت بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

zorluk

zor olmanın kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קושי

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