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éprouvant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • challenging adj Difficult in a way that requires effort or skill, often engagingly so.
  • demanding adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
  • harrowing adj Extremely distressing or disturbing.
  • strenuous adj Requiring a great deal of physical or mental effort.
  • taxing adj Mentally or physically demanding; exhausting.
  • trying adj Difficult to endure; testing one's patience.

Senses

éprouvant is used for these senses in English:

  • challenging Difficult, hard to do.
  • demanding Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
  • harrowing (formal) Causing pain or distress; harrying.
  • strenuous (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious.
  • taxing With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
  • trying Difficult to endure; arduous.

demanding — full definition

  1. adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
  2. adjective Expecting a high standard from others and not easily satisfied.

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