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Difficult has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

"The sudden change in weather made it difficult for us to find our way back to camp."

In plain English: To make something hard to do or solve by trying very hard.

"The difficult verb is rarely used in modern English, so here is a constructed example following your constraints: This difficult verb requires careful conjugation to maintain grammatical accuracy."

Usage: Difficult is strictly an adjective and cannot function as a verb in standard English. Instead of saying someone "difficults" a task, use the verbs complicate, hinder, or confuse to convey that you are making something harder to do.

Adjective
1

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

"a difficult task"

"nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"

"difficult times"

"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

2

hard to control

"a difficult child"

"an unmanageable situation"

3

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

"Climbing that steep mountain was difficult because every step required intense physical effort."

In plain English: Difficult means something that is hard to do or understand.

"The math test was difficult for most of the students."

Usage: Use difficult to describe tasks, situations, or concepts that are hard to complete or understand because they require significant effort. Avoid using it to mean merely unpleasant or annoying; instead, reserve those nuances for words like tricky or tedious.

Example Sentences
"The math test was difficult for most of the students." adj
"The difficult verb is rarely used in modern English, so here is a constructed example following your constraints: This difficult verb requires careful conjugation to maintain grammatical accuracy." verb
"The difficult task was completed by the team." verb
"She found the difficult problem hard to solve." verb
"It is difficult for him to learn new skills quickly." verb
Related Terms
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Antonyms
easy manageable

Origin

The word difficult entered English around 1400 as a back-formation derived from the noun difficulty. It ultimately traces its roots to Latin, where it was originally formed by combining "dis-" with "facilis" (easy) to mean something hard to do.

Rhyming Words
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