difficult

adjective22 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.2

To a high degree of difficulty.

To a very high degree of difficulty.

Especially or more than usual difficult.

Becoming more difficult over time.

To a moderate or reasonable degree of difficulty.

Extremely or unbelievably difficult.

To a small degree; a little difficult.

To an extremely high degree; more formal.

Unusually or remarkably difficult.

Slightly or somewhat difficult.

Well-known or famous for being difficult.

Difficult for two reasons or in two ways.

Used to describe a person, task, or situation that is hard to deal with, do, or understand.

To cause a situation or task to become hard to do.

To perceive or experience a task or concept as being hard.

To start to be difficult over time.

To start to be difficult; often used in informal contexts.

To give the impression of being hard to do or understand.

To turn out to be difficult, often unexpectedly.

To appear to be hard to do or understand.

To be described in a way that suggests something is hard to do.

To continue to be hard to do, solve, or understand.