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difficult:
- moeilijk; zwaar; ongemakkelijk; lastig; niet makkelijk; kritisch; problematisch; ingewikkeld; complex; gecompliceerd; met veel moeilijkheden gepaard gaan
Wiktionary:
- difficult → moeilijk, lastig
- difficult → moeilijk, recalcitrant, lastig, slim, zwaar, hard, onzacht, stug, pijn
User Contributed Translations for difficult:
- moelijk

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Detailed Translations for difficult from English to Dutch

difficult:

difficult adj

difficult (tough; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff)
moeilijk; zwaar; ongemakkelijk; lastig; niet makkelijk
- moeilijk adj
- zwaar adj
- ongemakkelijk adj
- lastig adj
- niet makkelijk adj
difficult (critical; problematic; hard; trying)
moeilijk; kritisch; problematisch
- moeilijk adj
- kritisch adj
- problematisch adj
difficult (complicated; complex; intricate; involved)
ingewikkeld; complex; gecompliceerd
- ingewikkeld adj
- complex adj
- gecompliceerd adj
difficult (problematical; problematic)
met veel moeilijkheden gepaard gaan; problematisch
- met veel moeilijkheden gepaard gaan adj
- problematisch adj

Translation Matrix for difficult:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
complex		complex
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
complex	complex; complicated; difficult; intricate; involved
gecompliceerd	complex; complicated; difficult; intricate; involved
ingewikkeld	complex; complicated; difficult; intricate; involved	wrapped in
kritisch	critical; difficult; hard; problematic; trying
lastig	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	aggravating; annoying; awkward; boring; bothersome; critical; delicate; disagreeable; dreadful; dull; hindrance-causing; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; incriminating; perilous; precarious; touchy; tough; tricky; troublesome; unfit; unpleasant; unsuitable; unwelcome
moeilijk	awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; problematic; stiff; tough; trying
ongemakkelijk	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	awkward; hindrance-causing; ill-at-ease; inconvenient; uncomfortable
problematisch	critical; difficult; hard; problematic; problematical; trying
zwaar	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough	burdensome; filling; heavily built; heavy; heavyset; massive; oppressing; oppressive; rich
-	hard; unmanageable
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	almost impassable; heavy-going; rough
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
met veel moeilijkheden gepaard gaan	difficult; problematic; problematical
niet makkelijk	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough

Related Words for "difficult":

difficultly

Synonyms for "difficult":

hard; ambitious; challenging; arduous; awkward; embarrassing; sticky; unenviable; baffling; knotty; problematic; problematical; tough; catchy; tricky; delicate; ticklish; touchy; fractious; hard-fought; herculean; nasty; tight; rocky; rough; rugged; serious; tall; thorny; troublesome; trying; vexed; demanding; effortful
effortful
unmanageable; indocile; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unruly; uncheckable; defiant; noncompliant; disobedient; intractable

Antonyms for "difficult":

easy; manageable

Related Definitions for "difficult":

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure¹
- a difficult task¹
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access¹
- difficult times¹
hard to control¹
- a difficult child¹

Wiktionary Translations for difficult:

difficult

adjective

hard, not easy
- difficult → moeilijk; lastig

difficult

adjective

moeilijheden veroorzakend of opwerpend
- lastig → difficult; tricky
niet gemakkelijk, waar moeite, geduld en inspanning voor vereist is
- moeilijk → difficult

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• difficult	→ moeilijk	↔ schwierig — eine Herausforderung darstellend, nicht einfach
• difficult	→ recalcitrant	↔ trotzig — eigensinnig, auf den eigenen Willen bestehend
• difficult	→ moeilijk; lastig; slim; zwaar	↔ difficile — Non facile, qui nécessite un grand effort.
• difficult	→ hard; onzacht; stug; moeilijk; lastig; slim; zwaar	↔ dur — Qui, par suite de sa fermeté, est difficile à pénétrer, à entamer.
• difficult	→ pijn	↔ mal — (religion) Ce qui refuser par une doctrine, un dogme religieux.

User Contributed Translations:

Word	Translation	Votes
difficult	moelijk	13

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