DEMANDING

ppr. Claiming or calling for as due, or by authority; requiring; asking; pursuing a claim by legal process; interrogating.

demanding

de mand ing |diˈmandiNG dəˈmændɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a task ) requiring much skill or effort: she has a busy and demanding job. • (of a person ) making others work hard or meet high standards. DERIVATIVES de mand ing ly adverb

demanding

de ¦mand |ing |dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a task ) requiring much skill or effort: she has a busy and demanding job. • (of a person ) making others work hard or meet high standards; not easily satisfied. DERIVATIVES demandingly adverb

demanding

demanding adjective 1 a demanding task: difficult, challenging, taxing, exacting, tough, hard, onerous, burdensome, formidable; arduous, uphill, rigorous, grueling, back-breaking, punishing. ANTONYMS easy, effortless. 2 a demanding child: nagging, clamorous, importunate, insistent; trying, tiresome, hard to please; informal high-maintenance. ANTONYMS easygoing.

demanding

demanding adjective 1 a demanding task: difficult, challenging, testing, taxing, exacting, tough, hard, onerous, burdensome, stressful, formidable; arduous, tiring, wearing, exhausting, wearying, wearisome, draining, uphill, rigorous, gruelling, back-breaking, Herculean, punishing; informal a tall order; Brit. informal knackering; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy, effortless. 2 a demanding child | her demanding behaviour: nagging, clamorous, importunate, insistent; possessive; trying, tiresome, hard to please; rare exigent. ANTONYMS easy-going.

demanding

de mand ing /dɪmǽndɪŋ |-mɑ́ːn -/形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗非常な努力を要する, 厳しい ▸ a physically demanding job 肉体的にきつい仕事 2 〈人が 〉 (他人に )あまり多くを要求する, 自己本位の .～ly 副詞