demanding

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dəˈmændɪŋ/ UK /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6699

Meanings

1

adj
Needing a lot of effort, skill, energy, or time.

Nursing is a very demanding job.
2

adj
Expecting a lot from others and hard to please.

My new boss is extremely demanding.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · needing a lot of effort,... challenging taxing exigent

2 adj · expecting a lot from others... fussy

Opposites

undemanding

Word family

Derived forms demandinglydemandingnessnondemandingoverdemanding

Etymology

From demand + -ing.

Topics

Describing Qualities

External links

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