tax

tax

verb

Definition of TAX

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress <your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience>

Synonyms strain, stretch, tax, test

Related Words demand, exact, importune, press, pressure, push; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, get (to), gnaw (at), grate, harass, harry, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, pain, peeve, pester, rile, spite, vex