overtax
verb
1 overtax
Tax excessively.
Roget 679:
misuse,
misemploy,
misapply,
misappropriate.
desecrate,
abuse,
profane,
prostitute: waste
etc.
638;
overtask,
overtax,
overwork: squander
etc.
818.
cut blocks with a razor,
employ a steam engine to crack a nut;
catch at a straw.
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Roget 688:
be fatigued
etc.
adj.;
yawn
etc.
(get sleepy)
683;
droop,
sink,
flag;
lose breath,
lose wind;
gasp,
pant,
puff,
blow,
drop,
swoon,
faint,
succumb.
fatigue,
tire,
weary,
irk,
flag,
jade,
harass,
exhaust,
knock up,
wear out,
prostrate.
tax,
task,
strain;
overtask,
overwork,
overburden,
overtax,
overstrain.
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Dutch: overbelasten
Moby thesaurus: bear hard upon, bleed, bleed white, burden, burthen, busy, carry too far, charge, clip, cumber, drive, encumber, exaggerate, exhaust, exploit, fag, fleece, freight, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, gouge, hamper, handicap, haul, heave, hold up, keep busy, know no bounds, lade, load, oppress, overact, overburden, overcarry, overcharge, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overextend, overindulge, overlabor, overlade, overload, overplay, overprice, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtrain, overuse, overweigh, overweight, overwork, pass all bounds, press, press hard upon, profiteer, protest too much, pull, rack, rest hard upon, saddle, screw, skin, soak, stick, sting, strain, strain every nerve, stress, stretch, surcharge, sweat, sweat blood, swindle, task, tax, tense, tug, victimize, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, work ... show more.
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