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taxing

/ˈtæksɪŋ/

taxing adjective: with respect to an experience: exhausting; draining. Also the present participle and gerund of tax.

Adjective

taxing (comparative more taxing, superlative most taxing)

  1. With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
  2. Burdensome, difficult, exacting.
    • a taxing problem
    Synonyms:
    demanding, stiff

Noun

taxing (countable and uncountable, plural taxings)

  1. 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 […]

Also used as

taxing is also the present participle and gerund of tax.

taxing meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi

taxing in Hindi

exhausting, draining
बोझिल bojhil
burdensome, difficult
बोझिल bojhil

taxing in Urdu

ٹیکس لگانا

taxing in Kannada

ತೆರಿಗೆ ವಿಧಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ

taxing in Punjabi

ਟੈਕਸ ਲਗਾਉਣਾ, ਟੈਕਸ ਲਾਉਣਾ

Examples of taxing in a sentence

  • Maestra has forced Katya to do the same taxing routine fourteen times since 7 am.
  • In addition, many individuals may not be misoptimizing, so taxing or subsidizing them may introduce new distortions.
  • White House policies—on taxing and spending, trade and regulation—will set the stage for recovery.

All 10 example sentences with taxing

Synonyms of taxing

Forms of taxing

Adjective
comparativemore taxing
superlativemost taxing
Noun
pluraltaxings

Origin of taxing

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

Words formed from taxing

Phrases with taxing

Questions about taxing

What does taxing mean?
Taxing means with respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
What is taxing in Hindi?
Taxing in Hindi is बोझिल (bojhil). See Taxing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is taxing?
Taxing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce taxing?
Taxing is pronounced /ˈtæksɪŋ/.

Words near taxing in the dictionary

  1. taximeters
  2. taximetrics
  3. Taxin
  4. taxine
  5. taxines
  6. taxing
  7. taxing master
  8. taxing masters
  9. taxingly
  10. taxingness
  11. taxings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taxing (page history and authors); taxing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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