challenging
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃælɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]challenging
- present participle and gerund of challenge
Adjective
[edit]challenging (comparative more challenging, superlative most challenging)
- Difficult, hard to do.
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{{rfdef}}- 1986 February 15, Michael Bronski, “Carl Wittman: An Activist's Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 7:
- In my political/cultural mythology Carl remained this larger-than-life figure: someone who had been doing things before others had even begun thinking about them. But knowing Carl, the fantasy made flesh, was a different experience. The keen mind that wrote "A Gay Manifesto" was even more perceptive and challenging in real life.
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]difficult; hard to do
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Noun
[edit]challenging (plural challengings)
- The act of making a challenge.
- 1918, Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws, page 151:
- There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.
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