Difficulty and Encouragement

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Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Encouragement is an antonym for difficulty in topics: problem, mental burden.

Nearby Word: difficult

Encouragement noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Difficulty is an antonym for encouragement.

full	full difficulty	full encouragement
real	real difficulty	real encouragement
little	little difficulty	little encouragement
secret	secret difficulty	secret encouragement
Other adjectives: new, general, less, extra.

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