difficulties

/ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/

noundif · fi · cul · ties

Think: “DIFF is hard” → DIFF + I + CUL + TIES (hard ties to untie) = difficulties.

Yes, it's difficulties. Don’t drop the second “i”: it’s dif-fi-cult-ies (…ficult…, not …f-cult…).

Definitions

  1. nounproblems or troubles that make something hard to do or understand
  2. nounhardships or challenging situations

Examples

  • “We had some difficulties logging into the website, so we reset the password.”
  • “After the storm, the town faced difficulties getting clean water and power back.”
  • “She asked for help when she ran into difficulties with the math homework.”

Synonyms

problemschallengestroublesobstacleshardships

Antonyms

easeadvantages

Translations

ES dificultadesPT dificuldadesFR difficultés

Common misspellings

dificultiesdifficulitiesdifficulitesdifficutliesdiffculties

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