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difficulting

difficulting is the present participle and gerund of difficult.

Meaning of difficult

Verb

difficult (third-person singular simple present difficults, present participle difficulting, simple past and past participle difficulted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
    • August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson
      their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace

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Questions about difficulting

What is difficulting the present participle and gerund of?
Difficulting is the present participle and gerund of difficult.

Words near difficulting in the dictionary

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

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