exacting English

Meaning exacting meaning

What does exacting mean?

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exacting Adjective

— If someone is exacting, they are not easy to satisfy; they request things to be done for them very often.

exacting

— adjective (= exigent) requiring precise accuracy an exacting job became more exigent over his pronunciation

— adjective (= fastidious) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures fastidious microorganisms certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements

— adjective (= stern, strict) severe and unremitting in making demands an exacting instructor a stern disciplinarian strict standards

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exacting English » English

strict

fastidious

exigent

demanding

arduous

challenging

stern

particular

grievous

tough

severe

rigorous

punctilious

picky

onerous

heavy

hard

formidable

discriminating

burdensome

troublesome

taxing

stickler for

sore

scrupulous

saddening

rigid

requi ring

punctual

pretentious

precise

painful

nitpicky

necessitation

necessitating

narrow-minded

miserable

meticulous

jaunty

intense

industrious

illiberal

hurtful

harsh

hardworking

grinding

fussy

finicking

finickety

finical

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  act harshly abrasive abrupt acrid acrimonious brute bully caustic cruel cruelty demanding exacting forceful grate grim hard harsh martial law pugnacious rigid rough severe sharp stern stiff stinging strict stringent tough unfavorable unfeeling ungentle violent