austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness;

This crossword contains the following list of questions:

1. 1. The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
2. 2. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
3. 3. Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
4. 4. An argument retorted on an opponent.
5. 5. Antistrumous.
6. 6. Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
7. 7. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
8. 8. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
9. 9. To define.
10. 10. Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.