What does "difficult" mean?
Difficult: Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person. See Arduous.
Additional senses
- 2.To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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