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)

1. Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bossy

Translations

requiring much endurance, strength, or patience

• Catalan: exigent (ca)
• Finnish: vaativa (fi)
• French: éprouvant (fr), exigeant (fr)
• Greek: απαιτητικός (el) (apaititikós)
• Japanese: きつい (kitsui)
• Norman: exigeant

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krevende (no)

• Russian: тре́бующий уси́лий (trébujuščij usílij), напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj), (with other people) тре́бовательный (ru) (trébovatelʹnyj), взыска́тельный (ru) (vzyskátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: exigente (es) m

Verb

demanding

1. present participle of demand

Anagrams

• maddening