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tax·ing

(tăk′sĭng)

adj.

Burdensome; wearing: a taxing business schedule.

tax′ing·ly adv.

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taxing

(ˈtæksɪŋ)

adj

demanding, onerous, and wearing

ˈtaxingly adv

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tax•ing

(ˈtæk sɪŋ)

adj.

wearingly burdensome: the taxing duties of a hotel manager.

[1790–1800]

tax′ing•ly, adv.

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Adj.

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, onerous

heavy - 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"

taxing

adjective 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), unburdensome

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

taxing

adjective

Requiring 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.

Translations

مُرْهِق جَسَدِياً وَعَقْلِيّا

namáhavý

udmattende

strapaziös

éprouvant

próba: próbára tevő

òreytandi, erfiîur

zor

繁重的

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] ADJ

1. (mentally) [problem, task] → dificilísimo; [period, time] → muy duro
his job was mentally taxing → su trabajo requería muchísima concentración mental

2. (physically) [task, journey] → agotador, duro
physically taxing → agotador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] adj (= demanding) [problem, job] → ardu(e)tax inspector n (British) → inspecteur/trice m/f des impôtstaxi rank n (British) → station f de taxistaxi stand n (mainly US) → station f de taxis

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

taxing

adj work etc → anstrengend, strapaziös

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] adj → oneroso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tax

(tӕks) noun

1. 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.

2. a strain or burden. The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.

verb

1. to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc). He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed.

2. to put a strain on. Don't tax your strength!

ˈtaxable adjective

liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods.

taxˈation noun

the act or system of taxing.

ˈtaxing adjective

mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job.

ˌtax-ˈfree adjective, adverb

without payment of tax. tax-free income.

ˈtaxpayer noun

a citizen who pays taxes.

ˈtax (someone) with

to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty.

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And the absence of an interval meant the Philharmonia cellos, still nicely warmed-up, were able to launch fearlessly into the taxingly exposed "Domine, Jesu Christe".