challenging
Academic Word List, sublist 5.
About 8.90 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of challenge
- adjective Difficult, hard to do.
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- noun The act of making a challenge.
Similar words
difficult hard provocative thought-provoking intriguing ambitious stimulating trying difficulty difficile
Often followed by
the and to task for a than of problems
Word family
challenge challenged challenger challengers challenges challengingly
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