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—taxingly, adv./tak"sing/, adj.wearingly burdensome: the day-to-day, taxing duties of a supervisor.[1790-1800; TAX + -ING2]
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taxing — index onerous, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
taxing — [adj] burdensome demanding, difficult, disturbing, enervating, exacting, exigent, grievous, heavy, onerous, oppressive, punishing, sapping, stressful, tedious, tiring, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weighty; concept 565 Ant. easy … New thesaurus
taxing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ physically or mentally demanding … English terms dictionary
taxing — [[t]tæ̱ksɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED A taxing task or problem is one that requires a lot of mental or physical effort. They were comparing notes on each other s progress towards solving that most taxing of all puzzles: the riddle of the human genome... It … English dictionary
taxing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
Taxing — Tax Tax (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.] 1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
taxing — adjective Date: 1841 onerous, wearing < a taxing operatic role > • taxingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
Taxing — (Luke 2:2; R.V., enrolment ), when Cyrenius was governor of Syria, is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occasion of Joseph and Mary s going up to… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
taxing — tax|ing [ˈtæksıŋ] adj needing a lot of effort = ↑demanding ▪ The job turned out to be more taxing than I d expected … Dictionary of contemporary English
taxing — adjective needing a lot of effort; demanding: The job is taxing but enjoyable … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
