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difficulty

/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/
difficulty
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

dif - fi - cul - ty -> difficulty

Myanmar meaning

(n) အခက်အခဲ

Full entry

difficulty /'dÇfÇkǝlti/ n

၁။ [U] ~ (in sth/in doing sth ) အခက်အခဲ။ ဒုက္ခ။
the sheer difficulty of the task ❍ Bad planning will lead to difficulty later. ❍ do sth with/without difficulty ❍ She got the door open, but only with some difficulty. ❍ be working under some difficulty (ie in difficult circumstances) ❍ I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her. ❍ We had no difficulty (in) finding the house.
၂။ [C usu pl ] အခက်အခဲ။ အကျပ် အတည်း။ the difficulties of English syntax ❍ children with learning difficulties ❍ financial difficulties (ie problems about money) ❍ We got into difficulty/difficulties with the rent (ie found it hard to pay).

More examples
  • [have difficulty with something] : She’s having difficulty with her schoolwork this year.
  • [have difficulty (in) doing something] : Six months after the accident, he still has difficulty walking.
  • [great/considerable difficulty] : We had considerable difficulty finding anywhere to park.
  • [do something with/without difficulty] : Seb was speaking with great difficulty.
  • Learning/reading/breathing difficulties
  • [difficulty with/in] : If you experience difficulties in completing the form, ask for help.
  • [have/experience/encounter difficulties] : Students who encounter financial difficulties
  • [cause/give rise to/lead to a difficulty] : Implementing the policy caused difficulties within the company.
  • [the difficulty is] : The real difficulty is that no one in the group has a car.
  • [a difficulty arises] : New difficulties arose from this arrangement.
  • [in difficulty] : The loss puts our company in financial difficulty.
  • [get/run into difficulty] : The climbers got into difficulties when there was a sudden storm.
  • The courses vary in content and difficulty.
Synonyms
complexity, complicatedness, intricacy, involvedness, obscurity, impenetrability, ado, adversity, aggravation, altercation, annoyance, anxiety, arduousness, argument, awkwardness, bafflement, barricade, beef, bickering, bother, care, charge, check, complication, controversy, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water, depression, dilemma, discouragement, dispute, distress, effort, embarrassment, emergency, exertion, exigency, falling-out, fight, fix, frustration, grievance, hangup, harassment, hardship, hassle, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hot water, hurdle, imbroglio, impasse, impediment, inconvenience, irritation, jam, knot, labor, laboriousness, maze, mental burden, mess, millstone, misery, misfortune, misunderstanding, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, oppression, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, pinch, predicament, pressure, problem, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, quarrel, ramification, responsibility, scrape, setback, snag, squabble, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, stress, strife, striving, struggle, stumbling block, sweat, to-do, toil, tribulation, trickiness, trouble, unreasonably, vicissitude, weight, worry
Antonyms
advantage, agreement, aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, boon, calm, calmness, cheerfulness, comfort, contentment, delight, ease, encouragement, favor, felicity, good fortune, good health, happiness, harmony, health, help, hopefulness, joy, opening, order, organization, peace, pleasure, promotion, satisfaction, solution, success, tranquility
Cross references
complexitycomplicatednessintricacyinvolvednessobscurityimpenetrabilityadoadversityaggravationaltercationannoyanceanxietyarduousnessargumentawkwardnessbafflementbarricadebeefbickeringbothercarechargecheckcomplicationcontroversycrisiscruxdead end
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