challenging

English

Etymology

From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃælɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

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Verb

challenging

1. present participle and gerund of challenge

Adjective

challenging (comparative more challenging, superlative most challenging)

1. Difficult, hard to do.

Antonyms

• unchallenging

Derived terms

• challengingly
• challengingness
• nonchallenging

Translations

difficult; hard to do

Bulgarian: предизвикателен (bg) (predizvikatelen) Catalan: desafiador Chinese: Mandarin: 很有挑戰性, 很有挑战性 (hěn yǒu tiǎnzhànxìng), 困难的 Danish: udfordrende Dutch: uitdagend (nl) Finnish: haastava (fi), vaikea (fi), hankala (fi) French: difficile (fr), stimulant (fr), éprouvant (fr) German: anspruchsvoll (de), herausfordernd (de) Hebrew: מאתגר (me'atger) Hindi: चुनौतीपूर्ण (cunautīpūrṇ, literally “challenge-full”) Italian: impegnativo (it), difficoltoso (it) Polish: trudny (pl) Portuguese: desafiador (pt) Russian: испы́тывающий (ru) (ispýtyvajuščij), трудновыполни́мый (ru) m (trudnovypolnímyj) Spanish: desafiante (es), desafiador Thai: please add this translation if you can Uzbek: qiyin (uz)

Noun

challenging (plural challengings)

1. The act of making a challenge.
   • 1918, Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws, page 151:

     There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

See also

• challenge