challenging
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Synonyms & Antonyms for challenging
Synonyms
arduous, Augean, backbreaking, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
Antonyms
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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But that’s not nearly as challenging as their stretch of 42 games in 43 days late last season. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "4 ways the Cubs can catch the Cardinals in the NL Central," 5 Sep. 2019 Probably the most challenging though… just flying, wet. — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, "Cara Delevingne on that Carnival Row cliffhanger and the future of Philo and Vignette," 30 Aug. 2019 Anyone hoping for something fresh and different in a visiting troupe — something revelatory or challenging, even a cultural clash — was bound to be disappointed. — Brian Seibert, New York Times, "What’s Chinese About Chinese Ballet?," 27 Aug. 2019 When raises are tied to employees’ goals, those goals should be clearly communicated, measurable and challenging, but within reach. — Tom Cooney And Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, "BusinessWise: Understand best practices when considering pay raises in your business," 26 Aug. 2019 As the state budget and pension crisis becomes increasingly challenging, Hartford and its suburbs will increasingly see the value of embracing regional solutions to economic, social, educational and transportation issues. — courant.com, "Hartford’s future: 2020 visions of the city in 2025, in 2030," 22 Aug. 2019 As the third season of The Handmaid's Tale comes to a close, the dystopian drama is as challenging as ever. — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, "Ann Dowd Digs Deep to Understand Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid's Tale," 14 Aug. 2019 And their jobs—specifically in the area of vetting information sourced from conflict zones—are about to get even more challenging. — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, "Limited coverage of civilian deaths means Americans can’t comprehend the true cost of war," 16 July 2019 Achieving this degree of control and information capture is very challenging. — Quanta Magazine, "The Quantum Theory That Peels Away the Mystery of Measurement," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'challenging.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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