Meanings
comparative more taxing · superlative most taxing
- With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
plural taxings
- countableuncountableThe act of imposing a tax.
January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tax
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot easily borne; wearing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian тежък, изморителен
- тежък (težăk)exhausting, draining
- изморителен (izmoritelen)exhausting, draining
- труден (truden)burdensome, difficult
Finnish uuvuttava, rasittava
- uuvuttavaexhausting, draining
- rasittavaburdensome, difficult
- vaikeaburdensome, difficult
- verottaminenact
- veron määrääminenact
French épuisant, exténuant
- épuisantexhausting, draining
- exténuantexhausting, draining
- éprouvantexhausting, draining
- arduburdensome, difficult
Hindi बोझिल, बोझिल
- बोझिल (bojhil)exhausting, draining
- बोझिल (bojhil)burdensome, difficult
Irish maslach
- maslachexhausting, draining
Polish wyczerpujący, męczący
- wyczerpującyexhausting, draining
- męczącyexhausting, draining
- trudnyburdensome, difficult
- skomplikowanyburdensome, difficult
- wymagającyburdensome, difficult
- opodatkowanieact
Ukrainian висна́жливий, важки́й
- висна́жливий (vysnážlyvyj)exhausting, draining
- важки́й (važkýj)exhausting, draining
- тяжки́й (tjažkýj)burdensome, difficult
- складни́й (skladnýj)burdensome, difficult
Cite this entry
taxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxing
“taxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taxing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxing.
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