adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of demand form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

   "This bike is built to withstand even the most demanding terrain."

2. 2
   Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.

   "Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious"

Adjective

1. 1
   requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

exactingstrictstringentfussyonerousabstruse

Antonyms

All antonyms

undemanding

Example

More examples

"The scores are low because the task is cognitively demanding."

Etymology

From demand + -ing.

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