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Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort
“Writing a weekly column for the paper can be an arduous and demanding task at times.”
(of a person) Making others work hard or meet high standards
“It's tough working for a boss as demanding as you are.”
Fussy in one's choices
“Being a vegan, he is certainly very demanding about what he will or won't consume.”
Boldly self-assured
Making continual and persistent demands
Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity
Making strict requirements
Difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control
Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work)
In urgent need of immediate attention
Making or characterized by a noisy outcry
Asking
Characteristic of a brat
Requiring effort or endurance to a degree that strengthens or improves a person's character
Harsh or severe
Incapable of being satisfied or appeased
Eager to obtain knowledge or things
Past the level of being elementary
Unpleasantly overpowering
Not feeling or showing gratitude
A constant and insistent demanding
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to
Present participle for to insist on having something
“I am going back to the shop to demand a refund on this piece of junk.”
Present participle for to require as a necessity
“This sport will demand a high level of fitness and strength.”
Present participle for to ask authoritatively or brusquely
“My mother would demand that I do the dishes before going to bed.”
Present participle for to make a condition of
“I must demand your complete discretion on this sensitive matter.”
Present participle for to ask a question, usually aggressively
“Agent Alonzo Mosely was getting impatient. "Where are they?" he would demand.”
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