difficulty
Part of speech: noun
The state or quality of being difficult; an obstacle; hindrance; objection; trouble; distress.
Usage examples "difficulty":
- " I had great difficulty leaving Paris at all. - "My Home In The Field of Honor", Frances Wilson Huard.
- There was no doubt that Marsham was in a difficulty. - "The Testing of Diana Mallory", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
- They had difficulty in getting food. - "Washington and his Comrades in Arms A Chronicle of the War of Independence", George Wrong.