exigeant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choosy adjective Careful and selective about what you pick, wanting things to match your exact tastes or standards.
- demanding adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
- exacting adjective Demanding a lot from people; hard to satisfy.
- exigent adj Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- quaint adjective Attractively unusual or old-fashioned, especially in a charming way.
Senses
exigeant is used for these senses in English:
- demanding Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
- 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.
- quaint (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th–19th c.]
demanding — full definition
- adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
- adjective Expecting a high standard from others and not easily satisfied.