make difficult
Add unnecessary obstacles
To make difficult is to create obstacles or complications for something, increasing the effort required to accomplish it.
The phrase often appears with an object describing what becomes harder: The rain made driving difficult, Her attitude made negotiating difficult.
It can also take a personal object with an infinitive: They made it difficult for us to leave.
- hinderObstruct or delay
- obstructBlock or hinder passage
- complicateMake more difficult
- impedeTo obstruct movement
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
put up barriers · throw a wrench · thwart · frustrate · block · stall · drag feet · slow down · burden · tangle · muddle · hit a snag · snag · hurdle · obstacle · uphill · struggle · hard slog
make difficultsimplify
Make less complex
ease · facilitate · streamline · uncomplicate · smooth
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