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 Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
- nontrivial adj Not trivial.
- 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 vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
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
- adj Causing or feeling embarrassment or discomfort, especially in a social situation.
- adj Clumsy or lacking skill in movement or use of the hands.
- adj Difficult to deal with or handle.