demanding (verb)

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• demanding — /dəˈmændɪŋ/ (say duh manding), / ˈmandɪŋ/ (say mahnding) verb 1. present participle of demand. –adjective 2. requiring much effort, skill, etc.: a demanding job. 3. persistent in one s claims on the attention of others …  

• assault — noun 1》 a violent attack.     ↘Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done. 2》 a concerted attempt to do something demanding. verb make an assault on. Derivatives assaulter noun assaultive adjective… …   English new terms dictionary

• bear down on — verb 1. sail towards another vessel, of a ship (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑bear down upon • Topics: ↑navigation, ↑pilotage, ↑piloting • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• inform — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French enformer, from Latin informare, from in + forma form Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete to give material form to 2. a. to give character or essence to < the principles which inform… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gird up one's loins — verb To prepare oneself for something demanding. Man came into this world, not to sit down and muse, not to befog himself with vain subtleties, but to gird up his loins and to work. Syn: steel oneself, shape up, suck it up …   Wiktionary

• decry — verb a) To denounce as harmful. All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. b) To blame for ills. While decrying bureaucracy and demanding… …   Wiktionary

• decondition — verb To adapt to a less demanding environment than that to which one was previously conditioned. Deconditioning due to decreased physical effort results in muscle loss, including heart muscles …   Wiktionary

• confront — verb ADVERB ▪ directly, head on, squarely ▪ The new state confronted head on the question of national identity. ▪ He is willing to confront problems directly. ▪ aggressively …   Collocations dictionary

• stretch — verb 1》 (of something soft or elastic) be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.     ↘pull (something) tightly from one point to another or across a space. 2》 straighten or extend one s body or a part of one s… …   English new terms dictionary

• waive — verb refrain from insisting on or applying (a right or claim). Origin ME (orig. as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo Norman Fr. var. of OFr. gaiver allow to become a waif, abandon . Usage Waive is… …   English new terms dictionary

• pacify — verb go out there and try to pacify the passengers Syn: placate, appease, calm (down), conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe Ant: enrage •• pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate You might try to pacify a crying baby …   Thesaurus of popular words