difficulty (
http://definr.com/difficulty)
n 1: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of
trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty
walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
[syn:
trouble]
2: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or
tending to produce a negative result; "serious
difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
3: a situation or condition almost beyond one's ability to deal
with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome:
"grappling with financial difficulties"
4: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the
difficulty of the climb" [syn:
difficultness] [ant:
ease]