moeilijk

Meaning

hard, difficult

Concepts

difficult

hard

painful

distressing

grevious

arduous

tough

inconvenient

hardly

with difficulty

heavy

not easily

cumbersome

painfully

challenging

exacting

formidable

sore

arduously

laborious

stiff

difficultly

sorely

with effort

active

assiduous

diligent

hardworking

industrious

bleak

depressing

dismal

grievous

hurtful

miserable

saddening

troublesome

rough

trying

onerous

hard-to-reach

embarrassing

toilful

toilsome

baffling

uphill

lively

tight

pernickety

stiffly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmui.lək/

Etymology

From moe (“tired”) + -lijk.

Sentences

Dit is heel , heel moeilijk .

This is very, very difficult.

Ze is moeilijk te herkennen met haar make-up.

She's hard to recognize with her makeup.

Een dergelijk gebrek is moeilijk aan te tonen zei de advocaat .

Such a defect is difficult to demonstrate, said the lawyer.

Het is vrij moeilijk om een plekje te krijgen op de kunstacademie.

It is quite difficult to get a place at the art academy.

De weerspiegeling was moeilijk zichtbaar in het deinende water .

The reflection was difficult to see in the heaving water.

Huwelijksfotografie is niet simpel , onder meer omdat het zwarte pak en de witte jurk moeilijk samen te belichten zijn .

Wedding photography is not easy, partly because the black suit and the white dress are difficult to illuminate together.