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vaikea — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • awkward adj Causing or feeling embarrassment or discomfort, especially in a social situation.
  • challenging adj Difficult in a way that requires effort or skill, often engagingly so.
  • difficult adjective Hard to do; requiring a lot of effort, skill, or thought.
  • hard adj Solid and firm; not easily broken, cut, or dented.
  • intractable adj Impossible or very hard to manage, control or direct.
  • nontrivial adj Not simple or unimportant; needing real thought or effort.
  • severe adjective Very bad, intense, or extreme.
  • taxing adj Mentally or physically demanding; exhausting.
  • uneasy adj Feeling worried, nervous, or not at ease.
  • vexatious adj Causing annoyance or trouble.

Senses

vaikea is used for these senses in English:

  • awkward Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  • challenging Difficult, hard to do.
  • difficult Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • hard Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
  • hard-pressed (idiomatic, usually with to-infinitive) Barely able. Having difficulty doing something.
  • intractable Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
  • intractable Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
  • intractable (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

awkward — full definition

  1. adj Causing or feeling embarrassment or discomfort, especially in a social situation.
  2. adj Clumsy or lacking skill in movement or use of the hands.
  3. adj Difficult to deal with or handle.
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