challenging

adjective
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ/

Difficult, hard to do.

Related words

challengingly
challengingness
nonchallenging

Example sentences

“More challenging than anticipated, it was.”
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Word history

From Middle English "chalengynge".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “challenging” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.