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exactingadjective hard to pleasehe was shocked when his normally exacting supervisor complimented him on a job well done choosy(or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety(chiefly British), persnickety, picky hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidiousdiscerning, discriminating, selectiveinsightful, knowledgeablecaptious, carping, caviling(or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcriticalcareful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulousqueasy(also queazy), squeamishpeevish, petulant, prickly, touchyniminy-piminy, prim, prissy undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxedflexible, lax, looselenient, permissiveuncriticalindiscriminating, undiscriminating not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standardsthe prep school's exacting standards for admission brassbound, cast-iron, hard-line, inflexible, rigid, rigorous, strict, stringent, uncompromising close, conscientious, exact, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous, undeviatingadamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, firm, relentless, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unflinchingimmovable, implacable, unappeasable, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingaustere, demanding, flinty, grim, hard, hardened, hard-hearted, harsh, ironbound, severe, stern, tough flexible, lax, loose, relaxed, slack acquiescent, compliant, compromising, pliable, pliant, relenting, yieldingeasy, easygoing, gentle, indulgent, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, pampering, soft, spoiling, tolerantneglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfussy requiring considerable physical or mental effortthe new recruits had to adjust themselves to the exacting discipline of military life arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic(also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, trickybruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, tryingannoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatiousgrievous, grim, strict, stringentbrutal, cruel, inhuman, painful cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicatedcomforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothingaccessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly requiring much time, effort, or careful attentionwriting will always be an exacting task arduous, burdensome, challenging, demanding, grueling(or gruelling), killing, laborious, onerous, persnickety, taxing, toilsome difficult, formidable, hard, herculean, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, testing, toughoppressive, tryingrigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent light, nondemanding, unchallenging, undemanding easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth to ask for (something) earnestly or with authorityevery war inevitably exacts the greatest sacrifice possible from some of the nation's best and brightest calling (for), claiming, clamoring (for), commanding, demanding, enjoining, insisting (on), pressing (for), questing, stipulating (for) asking, pleading (for), requesting, wantingcrying (for), necessitating, needing, requiring, taking, warrantingrequisitioningimposingbadgering, dunning, harassing, hounding giving up, relinquishing, surrendering, yielding to establish or apply as a charge or penaltyvowed to exact a heavy fine from any hockey player engaging in such outrageous behavior on the ice assessing, charging, fining, imposing, laying, levying, putting docking, excising, mulcting, penalizing, taxingextorting, shaking down, wresting, wringingbleeding, fleecing, gouging, milking, skinning, squeezingcoercing, compelling, forcinginflicting, wreakingsettingreapplying, reimposing, relaying remitting abating, diminishing, lesseningforgiving, releasingcondoning, disregarding, excusing, glossing (over), glozing (over), ignoring, pardoning to get (as money) by the use of force or threatsthat loan shark can be counted upon to exact repayment of his loan by whatever means necessary extorting, wresting, wringing bleeding, fleecing, gouging, milking, skinning, squeezingcheating, gypping, racketeering, swindlingcoercing, compelling, forcing adj.onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting mean imposing hardship.onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful.the onerous task of cleaning up the mess burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain.burdensome responsibilities oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed.the oppressive tyranny of a police state exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding.an exacting employer in 1634 |