ALL meanings of challenging
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C c - adjective challenging A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination. 3
- adjective challenging If you do something in a challenging way, you seem to be inviting people to argue with you or compete against you in some way. 3
- adjective challenging demanding or stimulating 3
- adjective challenging intellectually demanding 1
- adjective challenging confrontational, provocative 1
- adjective challenging stimulating 1
- adjective challenging donated or given by a private, corporate, or government benefactor on condition that the recipient raise an additional specified amount from the public: a challenge grant. 1
- noun challenging a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc. 1
- noun challenging something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, special effort, etc.: Space exploration offers a challenge to humankind. 1
- noun challenging a call to fight, as a battle, a duel, etc. 1
- noun challenging a demand to explain, justify, etc.: a challenge to the treasurer to itemize expenditures. 1
- noun challenging difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it. 1
- noun challenging Military. the demand of a sentry for identification or a countersign. 1
- noun challenging Law. a formal objection to the qualifications of a particular juror, to his or her serving, or to the legality of an entire jury. Compare peremptory challenge. 1
- noun challenging the assertion that a vote is invalid or that a voter is not legally qualified. 1
- noun challenging Biology. the process of inducing or assessing physiological or immunological activity by exposing an organism to a specific substance. 1
- noun challenging Hunting. the crying of a hound on finding a scent. 1
- verb with object challenging to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc. 1
- verb with object challenging to take exception to; call in question: to challenge the wisdom of a procedure. 1
- verb with object challenging to demand as something due or rightful. 1
- verb with object challenging Military. to halt and demand identification or countersign from. 1
- verb with object challenging Law. to take formal exception to (a juror or jury). 1
- verb with object challenging to have a claim to; invite; arouse; stimulate: a matter which challenges attention. 1
- verb with object challenging to assert that (a vote) is invalid. 1
- verb with object challenging to assert that (a voter) is not qualified to vote. 1
- verb with object challenging to expose an organism to a specific substance in order to assess its physiological or immunological activity. 1
- verb with object challenging Archaic. to lay claim to. 1
- verb without object challenging to make or issue a challenge. 1
- verb without object challenging Hunting. (of hounds) to cry or give tongue on picking up the scent. 1
- noun challenging Testing one's abilities; demanding. 1
- adjective challenging arduous, testing 1
- noun challenging The act of making a challenge. 0
- verb challenging present participle of challenge. 0
- adjective challenging Difficult, hard to do. 0