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demanding

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de·mand·ing  (d-mndng)
adj.
Requiring much effort or attention: exhausted by a demanding job. See Synonyms at burdensome.

de·manding·ly adv.

demanding [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ]
adj
requiring great patience, skill, etc. a demanding job
demandingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
undemanding - requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss"

demanding
adjective
1. difficult, trying, hard, taxing, wearing, challenging, tough, exhausting, exacting, exigent It is a demanding job.
difficult easy, simple, straightforward, effortless, painless, uncomplicated, child's play (informal), facile, undemanding, a piece of cake (informal), no bother, easy-peasy (slang)
Translations
demanding [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ] ADJ [person] → exigente; [work] (= tiring) → agotador; [part, role] → difícil
it's a very demanding jobes un trabajo que exige mucho
a demanding childun niño que requiere mucha atención

demanding [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ] adj
[person] → exigeant(e)
[work] → astreignant(e)
It's a very demanding job → C'est un travail très astreignant.

demanding
adj child, jobanstrengend; task also, teacher, bossanspruchsvoll; physically/mentally demandingkörperlich/geistig anstrengend

demanding [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ] adj (person) → esigente; (work, physically) → stancante; (mentally) → impegnativo/a
demanding [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ] adj (person) → esigente; (work, physically) → stancante; (mentally) → impegnativo/a

demanding كثير المطالب náročný krævende fordernd απαιτητικός exigente vaativa exigeant zahtjevan esigente 要求の厳しい 지나치게 요구하는 veeleisend krevende wymagający exigente требовательный krävande ต้องการอย่างมาก zahmetli đòi hỏi khắt khe 要求高的


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I would decipher a sound which a cockney would represent by zerr, and a Frenchman by seu, and then write demanding with some heat what on earth it meant.
She arrived with her uncle last Thursday fortnight, when, of course, I lost no time in demanding the cause of her behaviour; and soon found myself to have been perfectly right in attributing it to my own letter.
And for this reason, I said, money and honour have no attraction for them; good men do not wish to be openly demanding payment for governing and so to get the name of hirelings, nor by secretly helping themselves out of the public revenues to get the name of thieves.
 
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