Difficulty and Luck

Opposite meaning words

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

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Luck is an antonym for difficulty in ease topic.

Nearby Word: difficult

Luck noun - Success that is partly the result of chance.

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Difficulty is an antonym for luck in bad luck topic.

Nearby Words: lucky, luckless, luckily, luckiness, lucking

high	high difficulty	high luck
low	low difficulty	low luck
special	special difficulty	special luck
similar	similar difficulty	similar luck
Other adjectives: average, sheer, actual, massive, extreme, great, serious, little, incredible, general, less, extra, ridiculous, legendary, highest, immense, tremendous.

Stargunner. Good luck beating the game even on the easiest difficulty.

Source: Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels
What is better: Uncontrollable, luck based combat or butchering every opponent without difficulty?

Source: Game Breaker / Assassin's Creed
Prophecies wasn't that hard sans a few missions that were Luck-based (ie monk boss spawning in a very bad spot) and some difficulty spikes, but Factions did not screw around.

Source: Sequel Difficulty Spike

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