difficult

IPA: dˈɪfʌkʌɫt

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.

Examples of "difficult" in Sentences

KING: Jeanette, what does the term difficult mean to you?
How freakin difficult is it to drop some food and water in there?
He clearly is now rethinking his response to what he calls a difficult chapter in America's history.
Felipe Massa did his best to make Hamilton's clinching of the title difficult as he took pole today for the Brazilian GP.
BLITZER: Right now, President Obama's clearly rethinking his response to what he calls a difficult chapter in America's history.
The uncertain light made her expression difficult to read, but Odosse thought she saw pain there—a great deal more pain than belonged in such a young face.
Among other stocks, Anglo-Dutch consumer-products group Unilever gained 2.7% in London, after reporting a 10% increase in first-half profit despite what it termed "difficult markets."
It is of course extremely difficult to collect satisfactory data on such a point, difficult to reach the men, to get trustworthy testimony, and to gauge that testimony by any generally acceptable criterion of success.
Throughout the questioning, Mr. Moreno, 43, adhered to his testimony, expressing shock that the woman had leveled charges of rape against him despite his best efforts to be supportive during what he described as a "difficult" time for her.