the fact or condition of being difficult.

Often, difficulties. an embarrassing situation, esp. of financial affairs.

a trouble or struggle.

a cause of trouble, struggle, or embarrassment.

a disagreement or dispute.

reluctance; unwillingness.

a demur; objection.

something that is hard to do, understand, or surmount; an impediment or obstacle.

noun

calm , ease , felicity , peace , tranquility , calmness , contentment , pleasure , satisfaction , harmony , extrication , facility , release

noun

adversity , arduousness , awkwardness , barricade , check , complication , crisis , crux , dead end , deadlock , deep water , dilemma , distress , emergency , exigency , fix * , frustration , hardship , hazard , hindrance , hitch * , hot water , impasse , knot * , labor , laboriousness , mess , misfortune , muddle , obstacle , obstruction , pain , painfulness , paradox , perplexity , pickle * , predicament , quagmire , quandary , scrape * , snag * , stew * , strain , strait , strenuousness , struggle , stumbling block * , tribulation , trouble , ado , aggravation , annoyance , anxiety , bafflement , bother , care , charge , depression , discouragement , embarrassment , grievance , hangup , harassment , imbroglio , inconvenience , irritation , jam , maze , millstone * , misery , oppression , pinch , pressure , puzzle , ramification , responsibility , setback , stress , strife , to-do * , vicissitude , weight , worry , altercation , beef * , bickering , controversy , dispute , falling-out * , fight , hassle , misunderstanding , quarrel , squabble , asperity , rigor , box , corner , dutch , fix , hole , hot spot , plight , scrape , soup , clash , confrontation , contention , difference , disaccord , discord , discordance , dissension , dissent , dissentience , dissidence , dissonance , faction , friction , inharmony , schism , variance , war , warfare , bicker , debate , disagreement , polemic , run-in , spat , tiff , word , wrangle , barrier , cavil , hardness , impediment , nodus , objection , pickle , pitfall , problem , snag