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diacritical, discriminative; characteristic, peculiar, special, unique, particular, singular.
-n. 2. discrepancy, disparity, difference, amount
of difference. differentiate, v. 1. distinguish, discriminate, see or tell the difference, make a distinction; tell apart, Inf. tell which is which or who's who, separate, set off or apart.
2. change, alter, make different, modify, adapt, adjust. See change (def. 2). difficult, adj. 1. hard, laborious, arduous, strenuous, rough, Si hell of a; toilsome, wearisome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome; tough, Herculean, Augean, demanding, formidable; trying, uphill, exhausting, painful; burdensome, oppressive, onerous, hampering.
2. hard to understand, abstruse, recondite, abstract, profound, obscure; complex, intricate, puzzling, perplexing, complicated, involved, inexplicable, knotty, thorny, ticklish; pathless, trackless, labyrinthine.
3. hard to manage, intractable, unmanageable, perverse, refractory; obdurate, obstinate, stubborn, Inf. cussed, flinty, stony; unaccommodating, uncompliant, unyielding, uncompromising, inflexible, rigid.
4. hard to satisfy, fastidious, perfectionist, fussy, critical, hypercritical, difficile; finical, finicky, particular, squeamish.
5. disadvantageous, unfavorable, inconvenient, ill-timed.
6. hard-pressed, hard up, pinched, straitened, difficulty, n. 1. laboriousness, arduousness, strenuousness, formidableness, formidability; labor, strain, struggle, hard sledding, rough going, tough job, hard row to hoe.
2. troublesomeness, bothersome, irksomeness, burdensomeness, oppressiveness, onerousness; trouble, bother, annoynace, Inf. hassle, Inf. hard time.
3. quandary, predicament, straits; plight, hot water, pickle, fix, pass, rub; embarrassment, deep water, mess, muddle, jam, scrape; quagmire, slough, swamp, bog.
4. trial, tribulation, ordeal, hardship; crisis, emergency, exigency, urgency.
5. dilemma, problem, perplexity, bafflement, puzzle, poser; tough nut to crack.
6. reluctance, unwillingness, indisposition, disinclination, refusal; demur, objection, protest, squawk, kick, gripe, complaint, Si beef, Si bitch; cavil, qualm, scruple.
7. impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, obstruction, roadblock; opposition, Inf. flak, stumbling block, hurdle; snag, hitch, tie-up, hold-up, delay. diffidence, n. timidity, timorousness, apprehension, faint-heartedness, diffidentness; bashfulness, shyness, abashment, coyness, demureness; embarrassment, sheepishness; lack of self-confidence, insecurity, reluctance, hesitancy, doubtfulness, backwardness; modesty, humility, unobtrusiveness, self-effacement; selfconsciousness, constraint, self-awareness; reserve, restraint, aloofness, distance, stand-offishness, diffident, adj. shy, bashful, abashed, coy, demure, Inf. introverted, Archaic, verecund; timid, timorous, apprehensive, insecure, fearful, faint-hearted, unconfident; constrained, reluctant, hesitant; self-conscious, self-aware, quiet, uncommunicative, unsocial, unsociable; sheepish, embarrassed, blushing; meek, modest, shrinking, self-effacing, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretentious, restrained, reserved, retiring, withdrawn, in a shell, distant, aloof, stand-offish, diffuse, v. 1. disperse, dissipate, dispel, circum-fuse, spread; scatter, strew, bestrew, sow; disseminate, broadcast, propagate, distribute, dispense, circulate, cast forth; effuse, radiate, shed, give forth.
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