exacting

exacting
1. a требовательный, взыскательный; строгий

exacting customer — требовательный клиент

2. a настоятельный

to be exacting about cleanliness — настоятельно добиваться чистоплотности

3. a трудный, обременительный, изнурительный

the exacting life of the seaman — суровая жизнь моряка

exacting terms — обременительное условие

exacting term of loans — обременительные условия займов

exacting terms of payment — обременительные условия платежа

Синонимический ряд:
1. hard (adj.) arduous; backbreaking; burdensome; careful; critical; demanding; difficult; exact; exigent; formidable; grievous; hard; harsh; heavy; laborious; making severe demands; onerous; oppressive; precise; rigid; rigorous; rigourous; rough; scrupulous; severe; stern; strenuous; strict; superincumbent; taxing; tough; trying; unbending; unyielding; weighty
2. particular (adj.) choosy; dainty; fastidious; finicky; fussy; meticulous; particular; pernickety; picky
3. demanding (verb) call for; calling; challenging; claiming; demanding; insist on; postulating; requiring; requisitioning; soliciting
4. extorting (verb) exacting; extorting; gouging; pinching; screwing; shaking down; squeezing; wrenching; wresting; wringing
5. levying (verb) assessing; imposing; levying; putting; putting on; putting upon
Антонимический ряд:
easy; lenient

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  • exacting — [eg zak′tiŋ, igzak′tiŋ] adj. 1. making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict [an exacting teacher] 2. demanding great care, patience, effort, etc.; arduous [an exacting job] SYN. ONEROUS exactingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Exacting — Ex*act ing, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. A temper so exacting. T. Arnold {Ex*act ing*ly}, adv. {Ex*act ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exacting — exacting; un·exacting; …   English syllables

  • exacting — index circumspect, confiscatory, conscientious, critical (faultfinding), dictatorial, draconian, faithful ( …   Law dictionary

  • exacting — too demanding, 1580s, prp. adj. from EXACT (Cf. exact) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exacting — adj *onerous, burdensome, oppressive Analogous words: *severe, stern: *rigid, rigorous, strict, stringent: arduous, difficult, *hard Antonyms: easy: lenient …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • exacting — [adj] demanding burdensome, by the book*, careful, critical, difficult, exigent, finicky, fussy, grievous, hard, harsh, hypercritical, imperious, nit picking, onerous, oppressive, painstaking, particular, persnickety, picky, precise, rigid,… …   New thesaurus

  • exacting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ making great demands on one s endurance or skill …   English terms dictionary

  • exacting — ex|act|ing [ıgˈzæktıŋ] adj demanding a lot of effort, careful work, or skill = ↑demanding ▪ She was an exacting woman to work for. exacting standards/demands/requirements etc ▪ He could never live up to his father s exacting standards …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • exacting — [[t]ɪgzæ̱ktɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care. The Duke was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task... Privately they seem to have the same… …   English dictionary

  • exacting — adjective exacting work is hard and involves a high level of skill: exacting but stimulating work | exacting scrutiny of the texts exactingly adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English


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