Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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difficulty | Yes | No | No | No |
hard | No | Yes | No | Yes |
difficulty (noun) | hard (noun) |
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an effort that is inconvenient | |
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result |
difficulty (adjective) | hard (adjective) |
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produced without vibration of the vocal cords | |
resisting weight or pressure | |
dispassionate | |
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum | |
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | |
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | |
being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content | |
unfortunate or hard to bear | |
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors | |
dried out | |
very strong or vigorous | |
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort |
difficulty (adverb) | hard (adverb) |
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with effort or force or vigor | |
to the full extent possible; all the way | |
slowly and with difficulty | |
causing great damage or hardship | |
with firmness | |
indulging excessively | |
earnestly or intently | |
with pain or distress or bitterness | |
very near or close in space or time | |
into a solid condition |