Antonyms for demanding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-man-ding, -mahn-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmæn dɪŋ, -ˈmɑn-

Definition of demanding

Origin : early 15c., "asking, questioning," present participle adjective from demand (v.). Meaning "insistent" is by late 19c. Related: Demandingly.

adj challenging, urgent

Example sentences :

For the first time, she was facing problems and demanding an answer.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

To Madrid, then, I hastened, on the pretence of demanding promotion.
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

You have not made smaller your requests—no, you are now demanding more!
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I have never treated the subject as other than demanding heedful 2.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin

She felt that she heard him listening, that she heard him demanding the sound.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Her body was demanding not to be forced by the will to go to the island.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

They crowded about their ruler, and Rawson knew they were demanding him for themselves.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

He then sent in a flag, demanding the immediate surrender of the place.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Yet we find that the work, though so demanding, is full of compensations.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

On Wednesday came a postcard from Jim, himself, demanding information.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for demanding

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