taxing

[ tak-sing ]

adjective

1. wearingly burdensome:

   the day-to-day, taxing duties of a supervisor.

taxing

/ ˈtæksɪŋ /

adjective

1. demanding, onerous, and wearing

Derived Forms

• ˈtaxingly, adverb

Other Words From

• taxing·ly adverb
• un·taxing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of taxing¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; tax + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The control board had basically full power over taxing and spending in D.C.

From Slate

The council could maybe pass a law, but the control board could just overturn it and do their own thing on taxing and spending.

From Slate

There is a chance that a significant number of Americans will conclude that it is probably easier and less psychologically taxing to just accept that they live in what is effectively a light autocracy than to continue trying to convince their fellow Americans to fight for a democracy that they clearly don’t value or appreciate as such, and whose principles and architecture are much less important to them than many of us had hoped.

From Slate

Trump and Harris have aggressively courted the state’s voters, notably by proposing not taxing tips, a priority for service industry workers.

From Los Angeles Times

Many migrants without legal status do jobs that are physically taxing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• demanding
• disturbing
• onerous
• stressful
• tedious
• troublesome
• trying