demanding

[ dih-man-ding, -mahn- ]

adjective

1. requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due:

   a demanding teacher.

2. calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing:

   a demanding job.

demanding

/ dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ /

adjective

1. requiring great patience, skill, etc

   a demanding job

Derived Forms

• deˈmandingly, adverb

Other Words From

• de·manding·ly adverb
• nonde·manding adjective
• over·de·manding adjective
• over·de·manding·ly adverb
• quasi-de·manding adjective
• quasi-de·manding·ly adverb
• unde·manding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of demanding¹

First recorded in 1520–30; demand + -ing ²

Example Sentences

There’s this homeostasis when people are engaged and they’re not tired, and whatever they’re paying attention at the time is not too demanding or too boring, they probably don’t need to be fidgeting.

From Popular-Science

“We accept a responsibility as daunting and demanding as any that previous generations of leadership have faced,” the California Democrat told the chamber as she accepted a fresh two-year term in her post, perhaps her last.

From Fortune

“We are not going to forget, as we move into the challenging and demanding years ahead, that no group of our citizens can be denied the right to participate in the opportunities of first-class citizenship,” Sanford said near the end of his speech.

From Washington Post

This is his seventh NFL season, and even in a sport as physical and demanding as football, Moses’s ability and willingness to play through injury stand out.

From Washington Post

If hard and seemingly futile work on a difficult problem is followed up with a less demanding activity that does not require complete focus—walking, showering, cooking—a mind is free to wander.

From Nautilus

When Yoo and Lee were arrested for the bombing and the snakes, Korean film employees staged protests demanding their release.

From The Daily Beast

Conservatives get nowhere by demanding “deregulation,” because liberals are correct that most Americans want clean water.

From The Daily Beast

To this day, Tavakoli is languishing in prison for nothing more than demanding basic human rights.

From The Daily Beast

The deacon said he is demanding an explanation from Williams.

From The Daily Beast

Before their sitdown Friday, Justice League NYC had been demanding a meeting with the mayor for more than a week.

From The Daily Beast

But she did not mind; there appeared to be a hundred different things demanding her attention indoors.

From Project Gutenberg

Other newspapers had taken up the cry, demanding that the Black Hood be taken dead or alive.

From Project Gutenberg

When about half way to Monticello three rough-looking men blocked the road, demanding his name and the reason of his haste.

From Project Gutenberg

Everywhere man is earnestly and sternly demanding an equitable distribution of the productions of nature and art.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a difficult task, demanding the most delicate musical perception, as well as a great knowledge of musical history.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ambitious
• critical
• difficult
• exacting
• exhausting
• hard
• onerous
• pressing
• strict
• stringent
• taxing
• tough
• troublesome
• trying