taxing [tak-sing]
Main Entry:
tax [taks]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: levy charge on property, income
Synonyms: assess, charge, charge duty, demand, demand toll, enact, exact, exact tribute, extract, impose, lay an impost, rate, require contribution, tithe
Main Entry: tax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accuse
Synonyms: arraign, blame, censure, charge, criminate, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, reproach, reprove
Antonyms: exonerate, release
Main Entry: taxing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: burdensome
Synonyms: demanding, difficult, disturbing, enervating, exacting, exigent, grievous, heavy, onerous, oppressive, punishing, sapping, stressful, tedious, tiring, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weighty
Antonyms: easy, untroubling
Main Entry: accuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place blame for wrongdoing, fault
Synonyms: allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle, brand, bring charges, censure, charge, cite, complain, criminate, denounce, file claim, finger*, frame, hang something on, hold accountable, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at door, let have it, libel, litigate, lodge complaint, name, pin on, point finger at, prosecute, recriminate, serve summons, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax
Antonyms: absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate
Main Entry: arduous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: difficult, hard to endure
Synonyms: backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, grueling, harsh, heavy, labored, laborious, murder, no picnic, onerous, painful, punishing, rigorous, rough, severe, strenuous, taxing, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill
Antonyms: easy, facile, motivating
Main Entry: assess
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assign fee,
Synonyms: amount charge, demand, evaluate, exact, fix, impose, levy, rate, tax, value
Main Entry: backbreaking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strenuous
Synonyms: arduous, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, punishing, taxing, toilsome, wearisome
Main Entry: blame
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accuse; place responsibility
Synonyms: admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock*, lay a bad trip on, lay at one's door, lay to, let one have it, lower the boom, pass the buck, point the finger, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid
Antonyms: applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank
Main Entry: burden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encumber, strain
Synonyms: afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry
Antonyms: aid, help, relieve
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