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difficulty: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"; 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"; a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

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stumbling block collapse: any obstacle or impediment

obstacle collapse: an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented); something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

deterrent collapse: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"

fly in the ointment collapse: an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

effortlessly collapse: without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air"

hairiness collapse: the quality of having hair

swimmingly collapse: with great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly"

complexity collapse: the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"

hurdle collapse: a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races; an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"; jump a hurdle

like clockwork collapse: with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

drawback collapse: the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

intricacy collapse

bottleneck collapse: the narrow part of a bottle near the top; become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"; slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

hard life collapse

white elephant collapse: albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia; a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

poverty collapse: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

pain in the neck collapse

esoterica collapse: secrets known only to an initiated minority

strenuously collapse: in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously; "he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking"

quandary collapse

tribulation collapse

cordon collapse: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord; cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

dogging collapse: relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears"

pitfall collapse: an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

cross purposes collapse

obstruction collapse: getting in someone's way; the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"; any structure that makes progress difficult; the state or condition of being obstructed

nuisance collapse: (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

polarization collapse: the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration; the condition of having or giving polarity

bad news collapse

snag collapse: a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"; a sharp protuberance; hew jaggedly; catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"; get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"

cargo collapse: goods carried by a large vehicle

hang up collapse: interrupt a telephone conversation; put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

readily collapse: without much difficulty; "these snakes can be identified readily"

objection collapse: (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality; the speech act of objecting

harassment collapse: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism; a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

smoothly collapse: with no problems or difficulties; "put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly"; in a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

difficulties collapse

impedimenta collapse: the baggage and equipment carried by an army

painfully collapse: unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious"; in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded"

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