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What is the adjective for challenging?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb challenge which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

challenged
  1. Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
  2. Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X-challenged" = "lacking X".
  3. Synonyms:
      4. disabled, impaired, exceptional, differently abled, debilitated, injured, incapacitated, paralysed, paralyzed, crippled, infirm, handicapped, wounded, lame, hurt, maimed, paraplegic, quadriplegic, helpless, weakened, invalid, tetraplegic, incapable, powerless, monoplegic, hemiplegic, paretic, paraparetic, confined, hamstrung, sidelined, disarmed, wrecked, stalled, decrepit, wheelchair-using, learning-disabled, having a disability, physically handicapped, physically challenged, physically impaired, run-down, broken-down, laid-up, out-of-action, worn-out, out-of-commission, having special needs, with a disability, immobilized … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They mean much more for challenged children, who grow with a social stigma in an unfriendly environment.”
challengeable
  1. Able to be challenged or disputed.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Potentially the list is challengeable under Human Rights legislation because people have the right to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.”
      “Write anything that's challengeable and it will be challenged, sometimes within seconds of it being posted.”
      “If the Taser is used outside such circumstances then its use could be deemed excessive and disproportionate – and challengeable by law.”
challengable
  1. Alternative form of challengeable
challenging
  1. Difficult, hard to do.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. demanding, arduous, difficult, grueling, gruelling, tough, ambitious, hard, taxing, testing, laborious, onerous, rough, formidable, rigorous, rugged, tricky, burdensome, exigent, killer, trying, herculean, moiling, strenuous, toilsome, backbreaking, hellacious, stiff, stretching, draining, exhausting, severe, tiring, grievous, oppressive, punishing, stressful, stringent, back-breaking, effortful, character-building, difficult going, hard going, rough seas, exacting, uphill, heavy, murderous, sweaty, tall … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The 15-day adventure takes you on a challenging trek over miles of natural wilderness.”
      “Scott had many insights on life that were challenging to one's immediate outlook.”
      “His challenging nature proved to be a handful for most of his minders.”
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