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difficultest

difficultest is the superlative 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 difficultest

What is difficultest the superlative form of?
Difficultest is the superlative form of difficult.

Words near difficultest in the dictionary

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

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