challenged
adjective
uk/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒd/us/ˈtʃæl.əndʒd/old-fashioned
used as apoliteway to refer to someone who has adisability(= aphysicalormentalconditionthat makes it moredifficultfor them to doparticularthings):
Schools shouldkeepcopiesof large-printbooksforvisuallychallengedstudents.
Hecycledacrossthecountry,provingthat thephysicallychallenged arecapableofsurprisingthings.
informaloftenhumorous
having aphysicaldisadvantageor something you cannot do as well as otherpeople:
Beingverticallychallenged(=short)is not thatunusualforHollywoodfilmstars.
Using aphonetotranslateis aboonto thelinguisticallychallengedtravellerlike me.
I'm notexactlyfatbut I'm abitchallenged in thewaistline.
- If yourejectsomeone you like because he isvisuallychallenged, then you are the one who isshort-sighted.
- Theybuiltaschoolformentallychallengedchildren.
- He is, to put itpolitely,slightlyfollically challenged (=bald).
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
- be climbing the wallsidiom
- be for the high jumpidiom
- be/come up against a brick wallidiom
- embattled
- fall intosomething
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- jungle
- leg
- multiproblem
- not have a leg to stand onidiom
- on a razor edgeidiom
- out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
- pickle
- rocky
- sticky
- weed