demanding

adjective

de·mand·ing di-ˈman-diŋ How to pronounce demanding (audio)

-ˈmän-,

dē-

: requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting

a demanding job

demanding customers

demandingly

di-ˈman-diŋ-lē How to pronounce demanding (audio)

-ˈmän-

dē-

adverb

demandingness noun

Example Sentences

She had a demanding schedule with little free time. Factory work can be physically demanding. I have heard it is one of the most demanding courses at the university. Their boss was really demanding, often expecting them to work long into the night.

Recent Examples on the Web For example, small business owners are less informed about technology, are often ignorant and impatient when tech problems occur and can be more demanding than larger corporate employees who have less stake in resolving an issue timely.

Gene Marks, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 But, as our world continues to be more demanding, idle time is becoming scarcer and even more valuable.

Julian Cohen, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022 The job of fixing Kenya’s health, education and manufacturing sectors, which have contributed to economic strife in recent years, will be even more demanding.

Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2022 But surely some clients – Madonna, say – are more demanding than others?

Jem Aswad, Variety, 26 July 2022 Even though her new job is more demanding, Megraw now has time to pick up her daughters after work and make dinner before the sun goes down.

Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022 Yet verbal taboos are more demanding: Both use and mention are typically prohibited.

New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Junie’s reign can be more demanding in the heat, when Mills and her partner don’t much want to be out themselves.

Hau Chu, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Consumers are increasingly demanding personalization.

Yec, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

demanding 1 of 2

adjective

as in challenging

requiring much time, effort, or careful attention the demanding assignment kept them working all night long

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

challenging
difficult
taxing
exacting
burdensome
onerous
arduous
tough
killing
grueling
hard
laborious
gruelling
testing
strenuous
toilsome
persnickety
trying
rigorous
stringent
formidable
oppressive
strict
herculean
stern
stiff
severe
rigid
rugged
rough

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undemanding
light
nondemanding
easy
unchallenging
simple
smooth
effortless
facile

as in exacting

hard to please will play before a demanding audience of music critics, who are not easily impressed

Synonyms & Similar Words

exacting
careful
nice
particular
finicky
picky
fussy
finicking
selective
persnickety
delicate
choosy
pernickety
fastidious
finical
dainty
meticulous
fussbudgety
critical
discriminating
choosey
overdemanding
discerning
old-maidish
painstaking
scrupulous
carping
insightful
knowledgeable
punctilious
faultfinding
hypercritical
petulant
peevish
captious
caviling
touchy
overcritical
ultrafastidious
prissy
squeamish
prickly
hyperfastidious
queasy
cavilling
prim
queazy
niminy-piminy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undemanding
flexible
lackadaisical
carefree
relaxed
lenient
affable
lax
loose
unfastidious
unfussy
breezy
permissive
uncritical
laid-back
low-pressure
indiscriminating
undiscriminating
devil-may-care
happy-go-lucky

as in difficult

requiring considerable physical or mental effort the demanding task of reading and grading student compositions

Synonyms & Similar Words

challenging
difficult
tough
rigorous
hard
complicated
formidable
heavy
testing
exacting
effortful
strenuous
exhausting
arduous
sweaty
rugged
severe
rough
backbreaking
grueling
murderous
complex
intricate
tall
laborious
painful
uphill
herculean
serious
killer
stiff
toilsome
involved
gruelling
trying
taxing
problematic
annoying
elusive
moiling
burdensome
pick-and-shovel
hellacious
onerous
oppressive
brutal
stubborn
strict
tricky
stressful
tight
stringent
troublesome
bruising
abstract
labored
Augean
problematical
abstruse
thorny
grim
irksome
vexatious
insoluble
hairy
bothersome
knotty
distressing
ticklish
opaque
recondite
cruel
spiny
inhuman
grievous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undemanding
easy
simple
effortless
light
soft
mindless
clear
cheap
elementary
facile
doable
achievable
uncomplicated
gentle
comforting
smooth
soothing
accessible
manageable
relaxed
friendly
painless
user-friendly
idiotproof

demanding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of demand

as in requiring

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election

Synonyms & Similar Words

requiring
requesting
commanding
claiming
asking
wanting
exacting
needing
enjoining
questing
necessitating
taking
imposing
warranting
clamoring (for)
harassing
insisting (on)
requisitioning
pressing (for)
stipulating (for)
calling (for)
hounding
badgering
dunning
pleading (for)
crying (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

yielding
relinquishing
surrendering
giving up

as in needing

to have as a requirement a task that demands one's unremitting attention

Synonyms & Similar Words

requiring
needing
wanting
taking
challenging
necessitating
involving
claiming
warranting
calling for
asking
entailing
begging
insisting
bearing
lacking
exacting
commanding
stipulating
enjoining
pressing
questing
clamoring (for)
crying (for)
hurting (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

having
holding
possessing
owning

as in asking

to set or receive as a price superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

asking
charging
commanding
fetching
bringing
pricing
discounting
overcharging
assessing
valuing
billing
undercharging
marking down
invoicing
marking up
selling (for)

单词	demanding
释义	demanding adjective de·mand·ing di-ˈman-diŋ -ˈmän-, dē- : requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting a demanding job demanding customers demandingly di-ˈman-diŋ-lē -ˈmän- dē- adverb demandingness noun Synonyms arduous burdensome challenging exacting grueling gruelling killing laborious onerous persnickety taxing toilsome See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She had a demanding schedule with little free time. Factory work can be physically demanding. I have heard it is one of the most demanding courses at the university. Their boss was really demanding, often expecting them to work long into the night. Recent Examples on the Web For example, small business owners are less informed about technology, are often ignorant and impatient when tech problems occur and can be more demanding than larger corporate employees who have less stake in resolving an issue timely. Gene Marks, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 But, as our world continues to be more demanding, idle time is becoming scarcer and even more valuable. Julian Cohen, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022 The job of fixing Kenya’s health, education and manufacturing sectors, which have contributed to economic strife in recent years, will be even more demanding. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2022 But surely some clients – Madonna, say – are more demanding than others? Jem Aswad, Variety, 26 July 2022 Even though her new job is more demanding, Megraw now has time to pick up her daughters after work and make dinner before the sun goes down. Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022 Yet verbal taboos are more demanding: Both use and mention are typically prohibited. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Junie’s reign can be more demanding in the heat, when Mills and her partner don’t much want to be out themselves. Hau Chu, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Consumers are increasingly demanding personalization. Yec, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology from present participle of demand entry 2 First Known Use 1926, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition demanding adjective de·mand·ing di-ˈman-diŋ : requiring or expecting much effort a demanding teacher demanding 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in challenging requiring much time, effort, or careful attention the demanding assignment kept them working all night long Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance challenging difficult taxing exacting burdensome onerous arduous tough killing grueling hard laborious gruelling testing strenuous toilsome persnickety trying rigorous stringent formidable oppressive strict herculean stern stiff severe rigid rugged rough Antonyms & Near Antonyms undemanding light nondemanding easy unchallenging simple smooth effortless facile See More 2 as in exacting hard to please will play before a demanding audience of music critics, who are not easily impressed Synonyms & Similar Words exacting careful nice particular finicky picky fussy finicking selective persnickety delicate choosy pernickety fastidious finical dainty meticulous fussbudgety critical discriminating choosey overdemanding discerning old-maidish painstaking scrupulous carping insightful knowledgeable punctilious faultfinding hypercritical petulant peevish captious caviling touchy overcritical ultrafastidious prissy squeamish prickly hyperfastidious queasy cavilling prim queazy niminy-piminy Antonyms & Near Antonyms undemanding flexible lackadaisical carefree relaxed lenient affable lax loose unfastidious unfussy breezy permissive uncritical laid-back low-pressure indiscriminating undiscriminating devil-may-care happy-go-lucky See More 3 as in difficult requiring considerable physical or mental effort the demanding task of reading and grading student compositions Synonyms & Similar Words challenging difficult tough rigorous hard complicated formidable heavy testing exacting effortful strenuous exhausting arduous sweaty rugged severe rough backbreaking grueling murderous complex intricate tall laborious painful uphill herculean serious killer stiff toilsome involved gruelling trying taxing problematic annoying elusive moiling burdensome pick-and-shovel hellacious onerous oppressive brutal stubborn strict tricky stressful tight stringent troublesome bruising abstract labored Augean problematical abstruse thorny grim irksome vexatious insoluble hairy bothersome knotty distressing ticklish opaque recondite cruel spiny inhuman grievous Antonyms & Near Antonyms undemanding easy simple effortless light soft mindless clear cheap elementary facile doable achievable uncomplicated gentle comforting smooth soothing accessible manageable relaxed friendly painless user-friendly idiotproof See More demanding 2 of 2 verb present participle of demand 1 as in requiring to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election Synonyms & Similar Words requiring requesting commanding claiming asking wanting exacting needing enjoining questing necessitating taking imposing warranting clamoring (for) harassing insisting (on) requisitioning pressing (for) stipulating (for) calling (for) hounding badgering dunning pleading (for) crying (for) Antonyms & Near Antonyms yielding relinquishing surrendering giving up 2 as in needing to have as a requirement a task that demands one's unremitting attention Synonyms & Similar Words requiring needing wanting taking challenging necessitating involving claiming warranting calling for asking entailing begging insisting bearing lacking exacting commanding stipulating enjoining pressing questing clamoring (for) crying (for) hurting (for) Antonyms & Near Antonyms having holding possessing owning 3 as in asking to set or receive as a price superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie Synonyms & Similar Words asking charging commanding fetching bringing pricing discounting overcharging assessing valuing billing undercharging marking down invoicing marking up selling (for)
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