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taxing.

With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtæksɪŋ/

  1. With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.

  2. Burdensome, difficult, exacting.

    a taxing problem
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈtæksɪŋ/

  1. The act of imposing a tax.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈtæksɪŋ/

  1. present participle and gerund of tax

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

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

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