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De·mand·ing
/dəˈmandiNG/
adjective
1.
(of a task) requiring much skill or effort:
"she has a busy and demanding job"
Similar
difficult
challenging
testing
taxing
exacting
tough
hard
onerous
burdensome
stressful
formidable
arduous
tiring
wearing
exhausting
wearying
wearisome
draining
uphill
rigorous
grueling
back-breaking
Herculean
punishing
informal:
a tall order
knackering
archaic:
toilsome
Opposite
easy
effortless
▪
(of a person) making others work hard or meet high standards:
"he was a demanding baby, and rarely slept through the night"
Similar
nagging
clamorous
importunate
insistent
possessive
trying
tiresome
hard to please
rare:
exigent
Opposite
easygoing
Derivatives
1.
demandingly
adverb
Scrabble Points: 14
D
2
E
1
M
3
A
1
N
1
D
2
I
1
N
1
G
2
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