Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough sledding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: rough sled-ding
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A difficult period of time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We're running out of money. It's going to be rough sledding from now on, but we'll have to cope."
"Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hard sledding (alternative)

Synonyms

hard time

Questions

What does rough sledding mean?: A difficult period of time.

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