challenged
Syllables: chal·lenged/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/
challenged adjective: disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. Also the simple past and past participle of challenge.
Adjective
challenged (comparative more challenged, superlative most challenged)
Also used as
challenged is also the simple past and past participle of challenge.
challenged meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
challenged in Hindi
- चुनौती दी, चुनौती दी गई
challenged in Tamil
- சவால் விடப்பட்டது, சவால் விடப்பட்டுள்ளது
challenged in Marathi
- आव्हान दिले
challenged in Telugu
- సవాలు చేశారు, సవాలు చేయబడింది
More languagesFewer languages
- challenged in Malayalam
- വെല്ലുവിളിച്ചു
- challenged in Kannada
- ಸವಾಲು ಹಾಕಿದರು, ಸವಾಲು ಹಾಕಿದೆ
- challenged in Punjabi
- ਚੁਣੌਤੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ, ਚੁਣੌਤੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਗਈ
- challenged in Gujarati
- પડકાર ફેંક્યો, પડકારવામાં આવ્યો
- challenged in Nepali
- चुनौती दिइयो
Examples of challenged in a sentence
- I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.
- We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.
- I had to repeat the instructions for her five times; methinks the old lady was aurally challenged.
Forms of challenged
| comparative | more challenged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most challenged |
Words formed from challenged
- aurally challenged
- cerebrally challenged
- culinarily challenged
- employmentally challenged
- esthetically challenged
- ethically-challenged
- ethically challenged
- ethnically challenged
- follically challenged
- follicly challenged
- follicularly challenged
- geographically challenged
- gravitationally-challenged
- gravitationally challenged
- horizontally challenged
- horizontally-challenged
- humanly challenged
- hymenally challenged
- immunochallenged
- intellectually challenged
- melanin-challenged
- mentally challenged
- metabolically challenged
- nonchallenged
- parentally challenged
- physically challenged
- racially challenged
- reality challenged
- time-challenged
- unchallenged
- vehicularly challenged
- vertically-challenged
- vertically challenged
- vitally challenged
Questions about challenged
- What does challenged mean?
- Challenged means disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
- What is challenged in Hindi?
- Challenged in Hindi is चुनौती दी, चुनौती दी गई. See Challenged meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is challenged?
- Challenged is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce challenged?
- Challenged is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/.
Words near challenged in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: challenged (page history and authors); challenged (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); challenged (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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