say it: di-MAN-ding
demanding is an adjective meaning "requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill". It carries one recorded sense.
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
“found the job very demanding”
“a baby can be so demanding”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for demanding come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.