difficult
To make difficult, hinderTo make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
» It's more difficult than you think.
Es ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. — MUIRIEL
Es ist schwieriger, als ihr glaubt. — al_ex_an_der
Es ist schwieriger, als Sie glauben. — al_ex_an_der
Это труднее, чем ты думаешь. — shanghainese
Это сложнее, чем ты думаешь. — JeNNeR
Это сложнее, чем вы думаете. — Lenin_1917
Це важче, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak
Це складніше, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak
Це важче, ніж ви думаєте. — deniko
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1 senses(obsolete)To make difficult, hinder; 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
Examples
3894 sentencesIt's more difficult than you think.
Це важче, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak
ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь. — shanghainese
deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. — MUIRIEL
Learning a foreign language is difficult.
Важко вивчити іноземну мову. — shanghainese
ruУчить иностранный язык трудно. — marafon
deEine Fremdsprache zu lernen, ist schwierig. — MUIRIEL
English is not difficult to learn.
Англійську нескладно вивчити. — deniko
ruАнглийский нетрудно выучить. — odexed
deEnglisch ist nicht schwierig zu lernen. — xtofu80
Some people are difficult to please.
Деяким людям важко догодити. — deniko
ruНекоторым людям трудно угодить. — marafon
deManchen Leuten kann man es nie recht machen. — pne
It was too difficult for me.
Це було занадто складно для мене. — shanghainese
ruЭто было слишком сложно для меня. — Biga
deEs war zu schwierig für mich. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modernFrom Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”).
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Forms
difficults, difficulting, difficulted, difficulted| Base form | difficult · to difficult |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | difficults |
| Present participle | difficulting |
| Past simple | difficulted |
| Past participle | difficulted |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- be difficult to
- difficult to do
- difficult to get
- be very difficult
- be difficult for
- more difficult than
- will be difficult
- is too difficult
- very difficult to
- too difficult for
- be as difficult
- was more difficult
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.