demanding
/dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण डिमान्डिंग
कठिन, मेहनत माँगने वाला
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
(of a piece of work) needing a lot of skill, patience or effort
कठिन, मेहनत माँगने वाला
- Teaching is a demanding job.
- Mountaineering is demanding work that tests patience and strength.
- Nursing is a demanding profession with long hours.
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- The course was demanding but she enjoyed every part of it.
- Training for the marathon is physically demanding.
Synonyms difficult challenging exacting taxing tough
Opposite easy simple undemanding effortless
- 2
(of a person) expecting others to work very hard or meet high standards
(व्यक्ति) बहुत अपेक्षा रखने वाला
- a demanding boss
- Our demanding coach expects us to practise every single morning.
- Our demanding teacher expects perfect handwriting.
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- He is a demanding father who wants his children to read daily.
- Some customers are very demanding about the quality of service.
Synonyms exacting strict hard to please fussy stringent
Opposite easygoing lenient undemanding
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
demanding + noun / be demanding
Demanding describes tasks, jobs or people who need a lot of effort or high standards.
'Demanding' उन कार्यों, नौकरियों या लोगों को बताता है जिनके लिए बहुत प्रयास या ऊँचे मानक चाहिए।
- Nursing is a demanding job.
- Our coach is very demanding.
demanding of sb / on sb
Demanding on is used for what makes heavy calls on someone; of describes expectations.
किसी पर भारी माँग डालने के लिए 'demanding on' आता है।
- The course is demanding on students' time.
demanding vs demanded
Demanding is the present participle that works as an adjective; demanded is the past participle of the verb.
'Demanding' adjective की तरह चलने वाला present participle है; 'demanded' verb का past participle है।
- It is a demanding task.
- The workers demanded higher pay.
demanding of attention (pattern)
A person demanding of attention wants constant care; it can be used for toddlers and pets.
ध्यान माँगने वाला व्यक्ति निरंतर देखभाल चाहता है; यह छोटे बच्चों और पालतू जानवरों के लिए भी प्रयुक्त होता है।
- A baby is demanding of attention.
demanding vs difficult
Difficult describes anything hard; demanding stresses that it needs a lot of effort or high standards over time.
'Difficult' किसी भी कठिन चीज़ को बताता है; 'demanding' ज़ोर देता है कि उसमें बहुत प्रयास या ऊँचे मानक चाहिए।
- The question is difficult; the training is demanding.
+Collocations 4
adverb + demanding
extremelyphysicallymentallyveryemotionally
- The training was physically demanding.
demanding + noun
jobschedulebossexamcustomer
- She follows a demanding schedule.
verb + demanding
provefind sthseembecomeremain
- Many students find the course demanding.
demanding + role
a demanding rolea demanding taska demanding yeara demanding sport
- Kabaddi is a demanding sport.
“More examples 6
- UPSC is a demanding exam that needs years of preparation.
UPSC एक कठिन परीक्षा है जिसकी तैयारी में वर्षों लगते हैं।
- Her father is a demanding man who expects first division marks.
उसके पिता सख़्त स्वभाव के हैं और प्रथम श्रेणी के अंक चाहते हैं।
- Radhika found the first year of law demanding but rewarding.
राधिका को क़ानून का पहला वर्ष कठिन पर लाभदायक लगा।
- The job is mentally demanding and leaves little free time.
यह नौकरी मानसिक रूप से कठिन है और खाली समय बहुत कम छोड़ती है।
- A demanding customer returned the shirt twice.
एक सख़्त ग्राहक ने कमीज़ दो बार लौटाई।
- The film role was physically demanding, so he trained for months.
फ़िल्म की भूमिका शारीरिक रूप से कठिन थी, इसलिए उसने महीनों अभ्यास किया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The job is very demanded.
✓ The job is very demanding.
The adjective for a hard task is demanding.
कठिन कार्य का adjective 'demanding' है।
✗ She is demanding to me.
✓ She is demanding of me.
The preposition is of.
यहाँ preposition 'of' आता है।
✗ It was a demanding work.
✓ It was a demanding job.
Work is uncountable and cannot take a; use job or task.
'Work' अगणनीय है और 'a' नहीं लेता; 'job' या 'task' प्रयोग करें।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
de·mand·ing
?Which word?
Keep the hard-work words together: demanding, exacting (needing great care), arduous (very hard), gruelling (very tiring).
कठिन काम के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: demanding, exacting (बहुत सावधानी चाहने वाला), arduous (बहुत कठिन), gruelling (बहुत थकाने वाला)।
§Grammar and usage
Grammar of the verb demand, asked very often: demand that sb (should) do sth (subjunctive: 'They demanded that he resign'), demand sth from or of sb (not 'demand sb for sth').
Verb demand की grammar बहुत पूछी जाती है: 'demand that sb (should) do sth' (subjunctive: 'They demanded that he resign'), 'demand sth from' या 'of sb' ('demand sb for sth' नहीं)।