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challah |
challenge |
challengeable |
challenged |
challenger |
challenging
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challenging
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective challenging has 3 senses
- challenging(s = adj.all) ambitious - requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
- challenging(s = adj.all) thought-provoking - stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"
- challenging(s = adj.all) intriguing - disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile"
CIDE DICTIONARY
challenging, adj.
- requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task. [WordNet 1.5]
- disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
challenging
alluring, arrogant, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, encouraging, energizing, exciting, galvanic, galvanizing, greatly daring, impertinent, impudent, insolent, inviting, pert, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking, regardless of consequences, rousing, saucy, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring
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