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demanding

[dih-man-ding, -mahn-] / dɪˈmæn dɪŋ, -ˈmɑn- /
ADJECTIVE
challenging, urgent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambitious critical difficult exacting exhausting hard onerous pressing strict stringent taxing tough troublesome trying
STRONG
nagging wearing
WEAK
backbreaker bothersome clamorous dictatorial exigent fussy grievous imperious importunate insistent oppressive querulous weighty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy facile flexible inexact mild nice simple tolerant trivial uncertain unimportant yielding
WEAK
unchallenging undemanding

Example Sentences

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After the season, there were reports that Mara asked for an inordinate salary increase while demanding that he set his own practice schedule.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

These objects demand something of the user; and in demanding it, they engage us in a way that feels lost in our era of digital interfaces.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Enterprise software customers are demanding alternatives to the traditional seat-based model, and it may not stop with a hybrid model, either.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I felt a sound base like that within the team gave even limited players a chance of being successful by getting results over the course of a long and demanding season.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Scores of letters were sent to the White House and the Justice Department demanding his arrest; many of them stated it was long overdue.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady