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Antonyms for overtaxed
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : oh-ver-taks |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈtæks |
- acclaim
- activate
- activated
- active
- adulate
- aid
- approve
- assist
- assuage
- be inferior
- benefit
- build
- calm
- care for
- cheer
- cherish
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- compress
- concentrate
- contract
- cure
- decrease
- defend
- delight
- discourage
- dissuade
- encourage
- energize
- energized
- esteem
- excite
- exonerate
- fail
- fall behind
- fire up
- fired up
- fix
- fresh
- help
- hoard
- honor
- idle
- ignore
- increase
- invigorate
- invigorated
- laze
- lessen
- lively
- lose
- make happy
- mend
- neglect
- placate
- play down
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- protect
- refresh
- refreshed
- release
- repress
- respect
- rest
- rested
- revere
- rise
- save
- saved
- shrink
- soothe
- strengthen
- surrender
- treasure
- treat well
- unburden
- unloaded
- unused
Definition of overtaxed
Origin :- 1640s, "to demand too much of," from over- + tax (v.). Related: Overtaxed; overtaxing.
- As in overworked : adj worn out
- As in tired : adj exhausted, weary
- As in taxed : adj burdened
- As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
- As in abuse : verb use wrongly
- As in strain : verb stretch, often to limit
- As in tax : verb burden
- As in tire : verb exhaust, weary
- As in overcharge : verb charge to excess
- As in ill-treat : verb abuse
- As in ill-use : verb abuse
- As in exceed : verb be superior to; surpass
- In his youth he had overtaxed his strength on the football field.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- The rearguard went on; the guns arrived also at the ditch and the overtaxed bridge.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Are you easing the load, Of overtaxed lifters, who toil down the road?
- Extract from : « Custer, and Other Poems. » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Wilton echoed the word, as a man does when his mind is overtaxed.
- Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
- But the automatisms of her body worked better than her overtaxed brain.
- Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
- The overtaxed heart was giving out, and all day she sank steadily.
- Extract from : « Elsket » by Thomas Nelson Page
- Wallie ran until he felt that his overtaxed lungs were bursting.
- Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
- He has overtaxed his strength for years, and his nerves are bound to play up.
- Extract from : « The Lady of the Basement Flat » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Then, all at once, I found that I had overtaxed my strength.
- Extract from : « Gil the Gunner » by George Manville Fenn
- This brought at first a kind of rest to the overtaxed mind and frame.
- Extract from : « The Spanish Brothers » by Deborah Alcock
Synonyms for overtaxed
- all in
- amplify
- annoy
- annoyed
- asleep
- be intemperate
- beat
- belabor
- best
- better
- bite off too much
- bore
- bored
- break record
- broken-down
- burn out
- burned out
- bush
- cap
- charge
- cheat
- collapse
- collapsing
- constrict
- consumed
- crawl
- cumber
- dead on one's feet
- debilitate
- deject
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- dissipate
- distance
- distend
- distort
- distress
- distressed
- do to death
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- drain
- drained
- draw tight
- drive
- drive oneself
- droop
- drooping
- droopy
- drop
- drowsy
- eclipse
- empty
- encumber
- enervate
- enervated
- ennui
- exaggerate
- exasperate
- exasperated
- excel
- exert
- exhaust
- exhausted
- extend
- fag
- fagged
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- fatigued
- fed up
- finished
- flag
- flagging
- fleece
- fold
- get upper hand
- give out
- go beyond
- go by
- go overboard
- go stale
- go too far
- grow weary
- haggard
- harass
- harassed
- have a jump on
- have advantage
- have it all over
- hype
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- injure
- irk
- irked
- irritate
- irritated
- jade
- jaded
- lade
- laden
- lay it on
- load
- loaded
- magnify
- make demands on
- make federal case
- maltreat
- misemploy
- mishandle
- mistreat
- misuse
- narcoleptic
- nauseate
- not know when to stop
- oppress
- out-distance
- outdo
- outpace
- outreach
- outrun
- outshine
- outstrip
- overburden
- overburdened
- overestimate
- overexert
- overindulge
- overload
- overloaded
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overstep
- overstrain
- overtake
- overtax
- overtaxed
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- overworked
- pain
- pall
- pass
- peter out
- petered out
- pile on
- played out
- poop out
- pooped
- press hard on
- pressure
- prey on
- prostitute
- prostrate
- prostrated
- puff
- pull
- push
- push to the limit
- put pressure on
- put to sleep
- rack
- rip off
- rise above
- run circles around
- run into the ground
- run riot
- run-down
- saddle
- sap
- sick of
- sicken
- sink
- sleepy
- spent
- spoil
- sprain
- squander
- stale
- strain
- strain oneself
- strained
- stress
- stressed
- stressed out
- stretch
- surmount
- taint
- talk big
- task
- tauten
- tax
- tear
- tense
- tighten
- tire
- tired
- top
- transcend
- try
- tuckered out
- twist
- under stress
- vex
- waste
- wasted
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- wear out
- weary
- weigh
- weigh down
- weigh heavily on
- weight
- weighted
- wilt
- worn
- worn out
- worry
- wrench
- yawn
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