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taxing
tax·ing T0064600 (tăk′sĭng)adj. Burdensome; wearing: a taxing business schedule. tax′ing·ly adv.taxing (ˈtæksɪŋ) adjdemanding, onerous, and wearing ˈtaxingly advtax•ing (ˈtæk sɪŋ) adj. wearingly burdensome: the taxing duties of a hotel manager. [1790–1800] tax′ing•ly, adv. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | taxing - not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"burdensome, onerousheavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" |
taxingadjective demanding, trying, wearing, heavy, tough, tiring, punishing, exacting, stressful, sapping, onerous, burdensome, wearisome, enervating You won't be asked to do anything too taxing. light, easy, effortless, undemanding, easy-peasy (slang), unburdensometaxingadjectiveRequiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, tough, trying, weighty.Translationstax (tӕks) noun1. money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state. income tax; a tax on tobacco. 稅 税2. a strain or burden. The continual noise was a tax on her nerves. 負擔 负担 verb1. to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc). He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed. 課稅 征税2. to put a strain on. Don't tax your strength! 使負擔加重 使负担加重ˈtaxable adjective liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods. 應徵納稅的 应征纳税的taxˈation noun the act or system of taxing. 稅制 税制ˈtaxing adjective mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job. 繁重的 繁重的ˌtax-ˈfree adjective, adverb without payment of tax. tax-free income. 免稅的 免税的ˈtaxpayer noun a citizen who pays taxes. 納稅人 纳税人ˈtax (someone) with to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty. 責備 责备taxing
tax (one) with (something)1. To hold one responsible or accountable for something. Often used in passive constructions. As a customer support representative, just be aware that customers are going to tax you with any and all issues they have with the service. I'm used to being taxed with the mistakes of my subordinates.2. To accuse one of something; to lay blame on one for something. Often used in passive constructions. Police taxed him with aggravated assault and public endangerment. He was taxed with deceiving his clients in order to charge them for things they hadn't asked for.See also: taxtax-and-spendCharacterized by excessive spending and government expansion funded by excessive taxation. Used before a noun. The average working class citizen is sick of the tax-and-spend policies of this administration. The candidate is running her campaign as an attack against a tax-and-spend government that she claims is suffocating the country.tax-and-spendspending freely and taxing heavily. (Referring to a legislative body that repeatedly passes expensive new laws and keeps raising taxes to pay for the cost. Fixed order.) I hope that people do not elect another tax-and-spend Congress this time. The only thing worse than a tax-and-spend legislature is one that spends and runs up a worsening deficit.EncyclopediaSeetaxtaxing
Synonyms for taxingadj demandingSynonyms- demanding
- trying
- wearing
- heavy
- tough
- tiring
- punishing
- exacting
- stressful
- sapping
- onerous
- burdensome
- wearisome
- enervating
Antonyms- light
- easy
- effortless
- undemanding
- easy-peasy
- unburdensome
Synonyms for taxingadj requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strengthSynonyms- arduous
- backbreaking
- burdensome
- demanding
- difficult
- effortful
- exacting
- exigent
- formidable
- hard
- heavy
- laborious
- onerous
- oppressive
- rigorous
- rough
- severe
- tough
- trying
- weighty
Synonyms for taxingadj not easily borneSynonymsRelated Words |