difficult words they are usually the ones that are not used very often, that arise mainly in a formal context. For that reason, they look different, or even strange.
The biggest difficulty is in understanding their meaning, and also in the act of speaking, that is, the correct way to pronounce them.
Check out a list below and find the most diverse types of difficult words and their meanings!
Difficult Word List
1. Agnostic
One who neither believes in God nor denies his existence.
Example: He claimed to be an agnostic, until, in despair, he found himself asking God for help.
2. Good wishes
Expression of joy at the news received.
Example: Good wishes to the new president!
3. Banister
Small ornate column used in fences.
Example: The use of a baluster is one of the hallmarks of Roman architecture.
4. sympathy
Consent or Approval.
Example: They were received with the approval of the Assembly.
5. cornucopia
Abundance, horn-shaped vase filled with flowers and fruits representing plenty.
Example: The birthday table was filled with sweets, a cornucopia of options.
6. Notary
In which there is delay.
Example: Be patient! This type of process is voluntary.
7. Deleterious
Degrading, unhealthy, harmful.
Example: The kitchen of the banned restaurant was a deleterious environment, full of garbage, insects and food scraps.
8. unnerved
Who received instruction, who fell apart.
Example: After much instruction, he finally looks despondent.
9. hardened
One who is not persuaded or not moved.
Example: It's so hardened that not even such news moves you.
10. Philanthropist
Selfless, benevolent.
Example: The institution only remained open thanks to donations from a philanthropist.
11. Filautious
Smug.
Example: With his airy air, he said he already knew all that.
12. funny
Say jokes or jokes.
Example: Despite his condition, he spends his days making fun of it.
13. weekly
Weekly.
Example: Participating in those grueling meetings was his weekly sacrifice.
14. horrific
Horrifying.
Example: His tone of voice is horrific!
15. Iconoclast
One who contests the veneration of religious symbols.
Example: It makes no sense to rely on an iconoclast for the restoration of this religious monument.
16. Idiosyncrasy
Particular characteristic of the temperament of a person or group.
Example: Where will I have thrown away my taste and ability to choose, my very personal idiosyncrasy?
17. Innocuous
Harmless.
Example: With the guarantee that any reaction would be innocuous, he agreed to give it a try.
18. playful
Cheerful, comical.
Example: My grandfather was known for his shiny bald head, his immense white beard and his playful smile.
19. Juvenile
That rejuvenates.
Example: I feel much better! The tour was really youthful.
20. Kafkaesque
Which resembles Kafka's proposals.
Example: The transcendent reality present in the works translates its kafkaesque style.
21. nagging
Pungent, sharp.
Example: When he saw Maria on the Ferris wheel with João, José felt a sharp pain.
22. loquacious
Eloquent, one who talks a lot.
Example: The loquacious way you address the audience is admirable.
23. Mendacious
The one who lies.
Example: Nobody would be able to believe such a mendacious speech.
24. drowsy
Slow, listless, boring.
Example: I don't like Sunday, it's the most drowsy day of the week.
25. sharpen
Sharpen.
Example: With more clarification on the subject, we will be able to sharpen everything that was exposed.
26. numismatics
Study or collection of ancient coins and banknotes.
Example: According to experts in numismatics, there are Real coins with manufacturing defects that make them very valuable.
27. hateful
That harbors hate.
Example: You won't get anywhere with your hateful words.
28. Kiss
Kiss, with the sense of compliance or conciliation.
Example: He sealed the peace with a kiss and left.
29. Prognosis
Which indicates prediction.
Example: The doctor's prognosis indicated serious complications in your health status.
30. putrefied
In a state of decay.
Example: Some time after the tragedy, several rotting animals were found.
31. Chimera
Dream that cannot be fulfilled.
Example: Right now, solving this problem would be a real chimera.
32. Quintessence
Peak, maximum, prime.
Example: He was very arrogant, he didn't let anyone speak, he believed that his opinion was the quintessence of wisdom.
33. recondite
Hidden.
Example: He looked for a hidden place and started to cry.
34. Ruffian
Brawler, troublemaker, bully, whoever practices bullying.
Example: He was well behaved in front of his parents, but at school he was a ruffian.
35. Sectarian
Intolerant, intransigent, extremist, fanatic.
Example: He drew attention for his sectarian speech, he did not tolerate any kind of difference.
36. Sumity
One who stands out for scholarship.
Example: The teacher was a master of Baroque art.
37. taciturn
Gloomy, obscure.
Example: I never saw him smile, he was always with a glum look.
38. quibble
Doing rounds.
Example: Don't try to quibble because I understand very well what these candidates want.
39. Uphanism
One who prides himself on something in an exaggerated way.
Example: The pride makes you face problems very seriously.
40. Warp
Plot, plot, intrigue.
Example: The warp of the novel makes the reader aware of all the characters.
41. Likelihood
Speech that seems to be true, coherent, plausible.
Example: The book portrays the horrors of war, its verisimilitude is terrifying.
42. vicissitude
Succession of changes.
Example: It will depend not only on us, but on the vicissitudes of life.
43. reproach
Offensive behavior.
Example: I would never imagine that he would respond with reproach.
44. Warranty
Guarantee by the credit instrument known as a warrant.
Example: Suggested the warrantage as a guarantee.
45. syrup
Annoy.
Example: What my classmate best knows how to do is syrup with nonsense conversations.
46. Xiphopagus
Twin joined to brother by some part of the body, Siamese twin.
Example: In some cases, the separation of the Xifópagus twin puts their health at risk.
47. Yanomami
Denomination of indigenous people who inhabit Brazil and Venezuela.
Example: It is part of Yanomami culture to use various types of dyes in body painting.
48. swab
Small rod with an absorbent tip used for drug application or collection of organic material.
Example: The physician inserted the swab into the patient's nose to collect a specimen for diagnostic examination.
49. Zeugma
Figure of speech that consists of the omission of a previously mentioned term.
Example: The prayer "I like apples, Mary, pears" is a case of zeugma.
50. Zoomorphic
Which has the shape of an animal.
Example: Its zoomorphic aspect scares anyone.
The biggest words in the Portuguese language
This is the biggest word in the Portuguese language:
Pneumoultramicroscopicosilicovulcanoconiotic
He doesn't need to tell. She has 46 letters! According to the Portuguese Online Dictionary (Dicio) it means:
adjective
Related to a disease that attacks the lungs, caused by inhaling or breathing in volcanic ash, from ashes from volcanoes. It refers to pneumoultramicroscopicosilicovulcanoconiosis (disease).
masculine noun
Individual with this disease.
Besides that, there are several words that are difficult to speak especially because of their length. Many of them are linked to the areas of Biology and Chemistry:
- Pneumoultramicroscopicosilicovulcanoconiosis, for example, is a disease. It has 44 letters.
- Parachlorobenzylpyrrolidinoneethylbenzimidazole and Piperidineethoxycarbomethoxybenzophenone, with 43 and 37 letters, respectively, are names of substances.
- Hippotomonstrosquipedaliophobia it is also the name of a disease and is 33 letters long.
- Not constitutional is the greatest of all adverbs. It has 29 letters.
read orthoepy and find many words that we used to pronounce incorrectly.
In prosody, check out more examples of words that are often mispronounced, but due to the incorrect use of accentuation.
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- super difficult tongue twisters
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- Synonyms
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Homonyms and Paronyms
- Source of popular expressions you need to know