Meaning

3 senses
  1. Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.

    anspruchsvoll, wählerisch, kleinlich

    тре́бовательныйtrébovatelʹnyj

    severe and unremitting in making demands

  2. Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.

    requiring precise accuracy

  3. Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
making great demands; difficult to satisfy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
making great demands; difficult to satisfy:

Origin

From exact + -ing.

From exact + -ing.

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Forms

more exacting, most exacting
Comparativemore exacting Lesson
Superlativemost exacting Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
difficult to satisfy:demandingB2
requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention:nigglypernickety
Close in meaning
  • requiring precise accuracy:exigent
  • having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures:fastidious
  • severe and unremitting in making demands:sternstrict

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exacting — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto