demandingadjective
uk/dɪˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/us/dɪˈmæn.dɪŋ/B2 needing a lot of time, attention, or energy:
She's a very demanding child.
a demanding job/task
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- She's hoping to find a job which is more demanding intellectually.
- Police work is physically demanding and stressful.
- My present job doesn't stretch me, so I'm looking for something more demanding.
- I like a nice light novel to read when I'm on holiday - nothing too demanding.
- The last part of a piece of music is often more technically demanding than the rest.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- gruelling
- murky
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- schlep
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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Opposite
undemanding