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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alluring, arrogant, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful, encouraging, energizing, exciting, galvanic, galvanizing, greatly daring, impertinent, impudent, insolent, inviting, pert, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking, regardless of consequences, rousing, saucy, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring
Dictionary Results for challenging:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
challenging
    adj 1: requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
           "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging
           task without a mistake" [syn: ambitious, challenging]
    2: stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis";
       "a thought-provoking book" [syn: challenging, thought-
       provoking]
    3: disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile" [syn:
       challenging, intriguing]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
   chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
   calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge,
   n., and cf. Calumniate.]
   1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
      defy.
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            I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
            right of fatherhood.                  --Locke.
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   2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
      personal combat.
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            By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
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   3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
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            Challenge better terms.               --Addison.
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   4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
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            He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
            them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
            them.                                 --Holland.
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   5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
      attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
      us, with "Who comes there?"
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   6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
      accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
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   7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
      member of a court.
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   8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
      ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
      S.]
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   To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under
      Challenge, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
challenging \challenging\ adj.
   1. requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as,
      challenging task.

   Syn: ambitious, demanding.
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   2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established
      authority.

   Syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive.
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