ALL meanings of demanding
de·mand·ing
D d - adjective demanding A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention. 3
- adjective demanding People who are demanding are not easily satisfied or pleased. 3
- adjective demanding requiring great patience, skill, etc 3
- adjective demanding making difficult or irksome demands on one's resources, patience, energy, etc. 3
- noun demanding (of a task) Requiring much skill or effort. 1
- adjective demanding requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher. 1
- adjective demanding calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing: a demanding job. 1
- verb with object demanding to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt. 1
- verb with object demanding to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in. 1
- verb with object demanding to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary: This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity. 1
- verb with object demanding Law. to lay formal legal claim to. to summon, as to court. 1
- verb without object demanding to make a demand; inquire; ask. 1
- noun demanding the act of demanding. 1
- noun demanding something that is demanded. 1
- noun demanding an urgent or pressing requirement: demands upon one's time. 1
- noun demanding Economics. the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so. the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price. 1
- noun demanding a requisition; a legal claim: The demands of the client could not be met. 1
- noun demanding the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use: an article in great demand. 1
- noun demanding Archaic. inquiry; question. 1
- idioms demanding on demand, upon presentation or request for payment: The fee is payable on demand. 1
- adjective demanding taxing, challenging 1
- adjective demanding person: requiring a lot 1
- verb demanding present participle of demand. 0
- adjective demanding Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience. 0