taxing
Demands real effort
Taxing describes something that demands significant effort, energy, or resources.
A taxing job drains you physically or mentally.
A taxing conversation leaves you exhausted.
The hike was more taxing than I expected.
The word draws on the sense of taxation as something that takes from you, depleting what you have.
Depleting one's stamina
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- challengingHard to accomplish
difficult · toilsome · backbreaking · wearisome · daunting · formidable · rigorous · tiring
Intensely excessive in force
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- pressureForce upon contact
- strainExcessive stretching force
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
fatigue · worry · tension · frustration · draining · hectic · nerve-wracking · frazzling
Carried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- strainExcessive stretching force
- obligationRequired task or commitment
responsibility · yoke · millstone · drag · handicap · impediment · toll · onus
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- revenueBusiness income total
- tariffTax on traded goods
- exciseRemove by cutting
withholding · deduction · bracket · auditing · collection · filing · liability · return
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
challenging · difficult · toilsome · backbreaking · wearisome · daunting · formidable · rigorous · tiring · fatiguing
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
burnout · fatigue · worry · tension · frustration · draining · hectic · nerve-wracking · frazzling · depleting
load
Carried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- strainExcessive stretching force
obligation · responsibility · yoke · millstone · drag · handicap · impediment · toll · onus · imposition
levy
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- revenueBusiness income total
- tariffTax on traded goods
excise · withholding · deduction · bracket · auditing · collection · filing · liability · return · exemption
- difficultyeasy, hard, medium, difficult, moderate
- exhaustingdraining, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing, wearying
- challengeschallenge, difficult, hard, challenging, tough
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
- intensity levelshigh, low, moderate, medium, intense
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
taxingeasy
Requiring minimal effort
effortless · undemanding · simple · light · unchallenging
taxingrelaxing
Becoming less tense
restful · unburdensome · refreshing · untroubling · stress-free