Definition of "difficult" in Englisch

adjective

1. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

   • difficult of accomplishment
   • However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.

2. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.

   • Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.

3. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

   • August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace