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    de·mand·ing
    [dəˈmandiNG]
    adjective
    demanding (adjective)
    1. (of a task) requiring much skill or effort:
      "she has a busy and demanding job"
      • (of a person) making others work hard or meet high standards:
        "he was a demanding baby, and rarely slept through the night"
    de·mand
    [dəˈmand]
    verb
    demanding (present participle)
    1. ask authoritatively or brusquely:
      "“Where is she?” he demanded" · "the police demanded that he give them the names"
      • insist on having:
        "an outraged public demanded retribution" · "too much was being demanded of the top players"
      • require; need:
        "a complex activity demanding detailed knowledge"
      • law
        call into court; summon.
    Origin
    Middle English (as a noun): from Old French demande (noun), demander (verb), from Latin demandare ‘hand over, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘demand’), from de- ‘formally’ + mandare ‘to order’.
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    adjective
    1. (of a task) requiring much skill or effort:
      difficult
      challenging
      testing
      taxing
      exacting
      tough
      hard
      onerous
      burdensome
      stressful
      formidable
      arduous
      tiring
      wearing
      exhausting
      wearying
      wearisome
      draining
      uphill
      rigorous
      grueling
      back-breaking
      Herculean
      punishing
      a tall order
      knackering
      toilsome
      Opposite:
      easy
      effortless
    verb
    1. ask authoritatively or brusquely:
      bid
      ask
      inquire
      question
      interrogate
      challenge
      order to
      command to
      tell to
      call on to
      enjoin to
      urge to
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