se différer, v.r., to be put off, delayed.
différer, v.n., to differ, to be unlike, to be different; to disagree.
difficile, adj., difficult, hard, trying; nice; particular; willful, skittish (of horses). Un homme —; a man hard to please. Temps —s; hard times. De — accès; hard to get at. Il est — sur les aliments; he is fastidious as regards his meals. Faire le —; to be difficult to please, to be squeamish.
difficilement (-sil-mān), adv., with difficulty, with much ado, with great pains, not easily.
difficulté, n.f., difficulty; objection; obstacle, hindrance, impediment; cross, rub; misunderstanding, quarrel. Cela ne souffre point de —; that admits of no difficulty. — de respirer; shortness of breath. Faire des —s; to raise objections. Faire — de quelque chose; to scruple about anything. Trancher la —; to decide peremptorily. Avoir des —s; to have crosses. Il y a entre eux quelque —; there is some tiff between them. Sans —; undoubtedly, without doubt.
difficultueu-x, -se, adj., squeamish, fidgety, never satisfied; hard to please.
diffluence, n.f., diffluence.
diffluent, -e, adj., diffluent.
diffluer, v.n., to spread diffusely.
difforme, adj., deformed, ill-favored, misshapen, ugly.