Difficult, hard.

Difficult, hard, troublesome, distressing.

= arveth, adj.

Hard, difficult. Const. to with infinitive. Obsolete.

With to and infinitive. Of the object of an action: not readily susceptible to the specified action. Formerly also with †of or †in and a noun…

Hard, difficult. Obsolete.

Troublesome, hard, difficult.

Difficult, troublesome, hard. (Usually with dative infinitive, as ‘ill to please’.)

Bad, in various senses (not always clearly distinguishable). Frequent in Middle English use; later… Difficult or dangerous; esp. of roads, passing…

Not easy or simple; difficult, hard, troublesome. Now rare. (Common in 17th cent.)

= difficult, adj.

Requiring great effort or skill to do or accomplish; not easy to manage or deal with; = difficult, adj. 1.

Not easy. Of an action, undertaking, practice, etc.: requiring much effort or skill to do, carry out, or accomplish. Frequently with anticipatory it…

Scottish. Of a path or route: not easy to see or follow; indistinct. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Hard to get through or deal with; rough, rugged, difficult; perilous. Obsolete (except as directly figurative of preceding senses).

Abounding in, furnished or thickly set with, thorns. In early quots. figurative.

Difficult to do, accomplish, perform, or deal with; hard, trying, laborious, troublesome.

Presenting difficulties; carried on against difficulties or opposition; arduous, hard.

Of events, affairs, conditions: Fraught or attended with evil or misfortune; having injurious or dangerous consequences; vexatious, irksome, hard…

figurative. Resembling or suggestive of a thorn or thorns in respect of sharpness and aridity; unpleasant and difficult or unprofitable to handle or…

Full of obstacles, difficult, ‘thorny’.

= spinous, adj. 1. Obsolete.

That involves great effort or hardship. Now frequently in weakened sense: tough, difficult.

In figurative sense of ‘twisted, angular’; crabbed, awkward or difficult to pronounce, understand, or execute. Obsolete or Scottish.

Difficult to deal with or manage; hard, severe, ‘tough’, ‘stiff’; esp. in a tight place, a tight corner, a tight squeeze, etc., a position of…

Disposed to turn aside from the proper way; froward, refractory, perverse, adverse. archaic.

colloquial. Chiefly British. Difficult to deal with or negotiate; dangerous.

U.S. Difficult, troublesome. rare.

Of things: Not easy to deal with; requiring cautious action; euphemistic for ‘rather dangerous’.

figurative. Of a topic, argument, etc.: beset with contentious points; involving sensitive issues; difficult to deal with.

figurative.

colloquial. Of a situation, event, issue, etc.: awkward, difficult, tricky; disagreeable, uncomfortable.

Full of problems; fraught with difficulties, obstacles, uncertainties, etc.; difficult, hard.

Full of or addicted to dodges; evasive, tricky, artful. Also (colloquial) of things: difficult, awkward, tricky.

Fraught with a challenge; challenging.

Australian and New Zealand slang. Severe, difficult; unfair.

= ball-breaking, adj.