demanding
adjective
[ dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ ]
• (of a task) requiring much skill or effort.
• "she has a busy and demanding job"
Similar:
difficult,
challenging,
testing,
taxing,
exacting,
tough,
hard,
onerous,
burdensome,
stressful,
formidable,
arduous,
tiring,
wearing,
exhausting,
wearying,
wearisome,
draining,
uphill,
rigorous,
gruelling,
back-breaking,
Herculean,
punishing,
a tall order,
knackering,
toilsome,
demand
verb
• ask authoritatively or brusquely.
• "‘Where is she?’ he demanded"
Similar:
order to,
command to,
tell to,
call on to,
enjoin to,
urge to,
bid,
ask,
inquire,
question,
interrogate,
challenge,
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’.
in demand
• sought after.
• "all these skills are much in demand"
Similar:
sought-after,
desired,
coveted,
wanted,
requested,
required,
marketable,
desirable,
popular,
in vogue,
fashionable,
all the rage,
at a premium,
like gold dust,
big,
trendy,
hot,
to die for,
all the go,
