demanding

English

Etymology

From demand +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/
(US) IPA^(key): /dəˈmændɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɑːndɪŋ, -ændɪŋ

Adjective

demanding (comparative more demanding, superlative most demanding)

Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
Synonyms: challenging, exigent, taxing

This bike is built to withstand even the most demanding terrain.
Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.
Synonyms: exacting; see also Thesaurus:bossy

Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious

Our wines will satisfy even the most demanding connoisseur.

Antonyms

undemanding

Translations

requiring much endurance, strength, or patience

Catalan: exigent (ca)
Czech: náročný (cs)
Finnish: vaativa (fi)
French: éprouvant (fr), exigeant (fr)
Greek: απαιτητικός (el) (apaititikós)
Japanese: きつい (ja) (kitsui)
Norman: exigeant
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krevende (no)
Polish: wymagający (pl)
Russian: тре́бующий уси́лий (trébujuščij usílij), напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj)
Spanish: exigente (es)

making great demands; difficult to satisfy

French: exigeant (fr)
Russian: тре́бовательный (ru) (trébovatelʹnyj), взыска́тельный (ru) (vzyskátelʹnyj)
Spanish: exigente (es)
Ukrainian: вимогли́вий (vymohlývyj), вибагли́вий (vybahlývyj)

Verb

demanding

present participle and gerund of demand

Anagrams

maddening

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