taxing

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taxing

/ˈtæksɪŋ/

Where it comes from

Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).

adjective more taxing · most taxing

With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
Burdensome, difficult, exacting. a taxing problem
Similar: demanding, stiff, punishing

noun taxings

countable, uncountable The 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 […]

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of tax

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: onerous, burdensome, heavy, nerve-wracking, demanding, complicated, imposition, imposing, charging, levy, levying, prosecutor, taxability, taxation, fiscal, exhausting

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adj exhausting, draining

हिन्दी	बोझिल bojhil
Français	épuisant, exténuant, éprouvant

adj burdensome, difficult

हिन्दी	बोझिल bojhil
Français	ardu

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@misc{taxing_2026,
  title = {taxing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taxing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}