Comparative for making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources
“Classifying the case particulars is an exacting task. It requires intimate knowledge of the guide points and their concrete referents.”
Comparative for strict or exacting in standards
“Not only was it difficult for me to work with such an exacting boss, it was difficult for others. I soon became so stressed out that I began to look for another position.”
Comparative for fastidious and hard to please
“Now he was to be thrown into the crucible of a pennant race in New York City, under the most exacting manager the game had ever known.”
Comparative for harsh or authoritarian in nature or treatment
“The author of these sorrows was a hard and exacting tyrant who steadily dispensed injustice and cruelty to a people who had long enjoyed a happy tradition of freedom.”
Comparative for characterized by exaction, or the act of demanding or compelling payment
“You are an exacting man. You pick up what you have not put down and reap what you have not sown.”
Comparative for upsetting in nature
“To sacrifice the specificity of tragic events to the promotion of universal ideas is an exacting experience, especially for those who have personal memories of the events.”
Comparative for characterized by misfortune or distress
Comparative for unsympathetic, harsh, or callous
Comparative for persistent in one's demands, often annoyingly so
Comparative for self-disciplined or ascetic
Comparative for excessive or extreme in amount, level or degree
Comparative for tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Comparative for arrogantly domineering in nature or character
Comparative for extremely good or impressive
Comparative for sharp or severe in manner or style
Comparative for capable of making fine distinctions
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