difficulties

Noun

• an effort that is inconvenient
• 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"
• the quality of being difficult
• plural of difficulty
• a series of frustrations

Synonyms

difficultness, difficulty, trouble

Antonyms

ease