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Challenging

//ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Difficult, hard to do.
Adjective
  1. 1
    requiring full use of your abilities or resources wordnet
  2. 2
    disturbingly provocative wordnet
  3. 3
    stimulating interest or thought wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making a challenge.

    "There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of challenge form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge + -ing.

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