Demanding
Demanding adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: the demanding task of reading and grading student compositions
Exhausting is a synonym for demanding in difficult topic. In some cases you can use "Exhausting" instead an adjective "Demanding", when it comes to topics like arduous, challenging.
Exhausting
Exhausting adjective - Having a debilitating effect.
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Synonyms for Exhausting
Demanding is a synonym for exhausting in arduous topic. You can use "Demanding" instead an adjective "Exhausting".
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Related pairs
- strenuous and demanding
- strenuous and exhausting
- difficult and demanding
- difficult and exhausting
- hard and demanding
- hard and exhausting
- severe and demanding
- severe and exhausting
- tough and demanding
- tough and exhausting
- oppressive and demanding
- oppressive and exhausting
- exacting and demanding
- exacting and exhausting
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This is particularly present in Reality TV, which can have a demanding schedule, and the days can be stressful to the point of exhausting.
Source: Manipulative Editing - Although to the actors following "the Method", this is justified by the intense, demanding and emotionally exhausting training required, YMMV as an ordinary member of the public.
Source: Serious Business / Real Life
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