CHALLENGING

How it’s pronounced

Definition:

Testing one’s abilities in a difficult but stimulating way.

Examples:

• The math competition was incredibly challenging but rewarding.

• She found learning a new language challenging, especially when she ended up sounding rude without meaning to.

Etymology:

From challenge + -ing, ultimately from Old French chalenge ('accusation, dispute'), from Latin calumnia ('false accusation, trickery').

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