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difficulter

difficulter is the comparative form of difficult.

Meaning of difficult

Adjective

difficult (comparative more difficult, superlative most difficult)

  1. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
    • difficult of accomplishment
  2. (often, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
    • Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
  3. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
    • “I hope, madam,” said Jones, “my charming Lady Bellaston will be as difficult to believe anything against one who is so sensible of the many obligations she hath conferred upon him.”1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

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Questions about difficulter

What is difficulter the comparative form of?
Difficulter is the comparative form of difficult.

Words near difficulter in the dictionary

  1. difficult pills to swallow
  2. difficultate
  3. difficultated
  4. difficultating
  5. difficulted
  6. difficulter
  7. difficultest
  8. difficulties
  9. difficulting
  10. difficultly
  11. difficultness

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