demanding

demanding
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. arduous, difficult; insistent, exacting. See difficulty, command. Ant., lax, permissive.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Difficult]
Syn. hard, taxing, troublesome; see difficult 1 , onerous .
2. [Querulous]
Syn. fussy, imperious, exacting; see critical 2 , particular .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
laborious, consuming, time-consuming, hard, back-breaking, difficult, painstaking, arduous, rough, burdensome.
ANT.: easy, effortless
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty. See HEAVY. 2. Rigorous and unsparing in treating others: exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, severe, stern, strict, tough, unyielding. See EASY.

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