veeleisend — meaning in English
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English meaning
- demanding adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
- exacting adjective Demanding a lot from people; hard to satisfy.
- exigent adj Needing to be dealt with straight away.
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- onerous adj Needing a lot of effort to deal with; heavy or demanding.
- quaint adjective Attractively unusual or old-fashioned, especially in a charming way.
- strenuous adj Requiring a great deal of physical or mental effort.
Senses
veeleisend is used for these senses in English:
- demanding Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.
- exacting Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
- exigent Demanding; requiring great effort.
- fastidious Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
- onerous Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
- quaint (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th–19th c.]
- strenuous (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious.
demanding — full definition
- adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
- adjective Expecting a high standard from others and not easily satisfied.
exacting — full definition
- adjective Demanding a lot from people; hard to satisfy.
- adjective Requiring great care, precision, or effort to do properly.
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