English-Thai Dictionary

challenging

ADJ ที่ ท้าทาย ความสามารถ  ambitious ti-ta-tai-kwam-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHALLENGING

ppr. Summoning to a duel, or to contest; claiming as a right; defying; calling off from a jury.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

challenging

chal leng ing |ˈCHalənjiNG ˈtʃælɪnʤɪŋ | ▶adjective testing one's abilities; demanding: challenging and rewarding employment. • inviting competition; provocative: there was a challenging glint in his eyes. DERIVATIVES chal leng ing ly adverb word trends: A fear of offending people has led to the replacement of many negative expressions with more positive alternatives, with the adjective challenging being a prime example. The Oxford English Corpus shows that it is used euphemistically for difficult or trying and applied to unpleasant situations ( a challenging period of slowing growth and rising unemployment ), troublesome individuals ( it's surprising how common it is for parents to encounter challenging behavior with their teenagers ), and even avant-garde music ( the opera's challenging atonal score ). See also issue .

 

Oxford Dictionary

challenging

chal |len ¦ging |ˈtʃalɪn (d )ʒɪŋ | ▶adjective testing one's abilities; demanding: challenging and rewarding employment | the current challenging economic environment. • inviting competition; provocative: there was a challenging glint in his eyes. DERIVATIVES challengingly adverb word trends: A fear of offending people has led to the replacement of many negative expressions with more positive alternatives, with the adjective challenging being a prime example. The Oxford English Corpus shows that it is used euphemistically for difficult or trying and applied to unpleasant situations ( a challenging period of slowing growth and rising unemployment ), troublesome individuals ( it's surprising how common it is for parents to encounter challenging behaviour with their teenagers ), and even avant-garde music ( the opera's challenging atonal score ). See also issue .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

challenging

challenging adjective a challenging crossword puzzle: demanding, testing, taxing, exacting; stretching, exciting, stimulating, inspiring; difficult, tough, hard, formidable, onerous, arduous, strenuous, grueling; formal exigent. ANTONYMS easy, uninspiring. WORD TOOLKIT See arduous . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

challenging

challenging adjective an interesting, worthwhile, and challenging job: demanding, testing, taxing, exacting, exigent, searching; stretching, exciting, stimulating, inspiring, energizing, inspirational; difficult, tough, hard, heavy, stiff, formidable, onerous, arduous, laborious, burdensome, strenuous, gruelling. ANTONYMS easy; uninspiring. WORD TOOLKIT challenging See arduous . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

challenging

ch á l leng ing 形容詞 1 〈仕事などが 〉やりがいのある ▸ a challenging position 取り組みがいのある職務 2 挑戦的な 〈笑みなど 〉.