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Definitions for Demanding
[1] requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher.
[2] calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing: a demanding job.
[3] to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
[4] to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in.
[5] to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary: This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity.
[6] Law . to lay formal legal claim to. to summon, as to court.
[7] to make a demand; inquire; ask.
[8] the act of demanding.
[9] something that is demanded.
[10] an urgent or pressing requirement: demands upon one's time.
[11] Economics . the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so. the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price.
[12] a requisition; a legal claim: The demands of the client could not be met.
[13] the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use: an article in great demand.
[14] Archaic . inquiry; question.
[15] requiring great patience, skill, etc a demanding job
[16] to request peremptorily or urgently
[17] to require or need as just, urgent, etc the situation demands attention
[18] to claim as a right; exact his parents demanded obedience of him
[19] law to make a formal legal claim to (property, esp realty)
[20] an urgent or peremptory requirement or request
[21] something that requires special effort or sacrifice a demand on one's time
[22] the act of demanding something or the thing demanded the kidnappers' demand was a million pounds
[23] an insistent question or query
[24] economics willingness and ability to purchase goods and services the amount of a commodity that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specified price Compare supply 1 (def. 9)
[25] law a formal legal claim, esp to real property
[26] in demand sought after; popular
[27] on demand as soon as requested a draft payable on demand
Words related to Demanding
onerous, stringent, tough, taxing, hard, pressing, troublesome, exhausting, strict, critical, ambitious, exacting, trying, difficult, wearing, nagging, bothersome, clamorous, dictatorial, exigent
Words nearby Demanding
demand note, demand pacemaker, demand-pull inflation, demand-side, demandant, demanding, demantoid, demarcate, demarcation, demarcative, demark
Origin of Demanding
1250–1300; Middle English demaunden < Anglo-French demaunder < Medieval Latin dēmandāre to demand, L to entrust, equivalent to dē- de- + mandāre to commission, order; see mandate
Other words from Demanding
de·mand·ing·ly , adverb
non·de·mand·ing , adjective
o·ver·de·mand·ing , adjective
o·ver·de·mand·ing·ly , adverb
qua·si-de·mand·ing , adjective
qua·si-de·mand·ing·ly , adverb
un·de·mand·ing , adjective
de·mand·a·ble , adjective
de·mand·er , noun
coun·ter·de·mand , noun
o·ver·de·mand , verb, noun
pre·de·mand , verb (used with object)
su·per·de·mand , noun
un·de·mand·ed , adjective
Word origin for Demanding
C13: from Anglo-French demaunder, from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, from Latin: to commit to, from de- + mandāre to command, entrust; see mandate
Synonyms for Demanding
ambitious, critical, difficult, exacting, exhausting, hard, onerous, pressing, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, nagging, wearing, backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, dictatorial, exigent, fussy, grievous, imperious, importunate, insistent, oppressive, querulous, weighty