Difficulty and Rejection

Difficulty

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

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Rejection and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rejection" instead a noun "Difficulty".

Nearby Word: difficult

Rejection noun - A refusal to confirm the truth of a statement.

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Difficulty and rejection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Rejection".

Nearby Words: reject, rejected, rejecting, rejector, rejecter

full	full difficulty	full rejection
similar	similar difficulty	similar rejection
initial	initial difficulty	initial rejection
actual	actual difficulty	actual rejection
Other adjectives: tough, intense, new, general, apparent.

As a result, he has a great deal of difficulty being open and honest with anyone for fear of rejection.

Source: Orphan's Ordeal
Of course, because he's such an insufferable plank (and not least because of the whole repeated rejection thing), Lizzy has little difficulty shrugging them off.

Source: Literature / Pride and Prejudice
From time to time, examples are brought up of the crappy lives, difficulty with maintaining employment, and social rejection, of autistic adults who weren't diagnosed until much later in life.

Source: Literature / Neuro Tribes

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