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Antonyms for overtaxes
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-taks |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈtæks |
- acclaim
- activate
- 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
- esteem
- excite
- exonerate
- fail
- fall behind
- fire up
- fix
- help
- hoard
- honor
- idle
- ignore
- increase
- invigorate
- laze
- lessen
- lose
- make happy
- mend
- neglect
- placate
- play down
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- protect
- refresh
- release
- repress
- respect
- rest
- revere
- rise
- save
- shrink
- soothe
- strengthen
- surrender
- treasure
- treat well
- unburden
Definition of overtaxes
Origin :- 1640s, "to demand too much of," from over- + tax (v.). Related: Overtaxed; overtaxing.
- 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
- Taking food that is not required not only is an extravagance in the matter of food, but overtaxes the digestive organs.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- He is a poor husbandman who so overtaxes his fields or vineyards as to exhaust the soil or destroy the vine.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- The boy has often heavy goods to carry long distances, and overtaxes his strength.
- Extract from : « Boy Labour and Apprenticeship » by Reginald Arthur Bray
- Andrea acted like the racehorse which overtaxes itself to accomplish the master's will, however unfair.
- Extract from : « Balsamo, The Magician » by Alexander Dumas
Synonyms for overtaxes
- amplify
- annoy
- be intemperate
- beat
- belabor
- best
- better
- bite off too much
- bore
- break record
- burn out
- bush
- cap
- charge
- cheat
- collapse
- constrict
- crawl
- cumber
- debilitate
- deject
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- dissipate
- distance
- distend
- distort
- distress
- do to death
- drain
- draw tight
- drive
- drive oneself
- droop
- drop
- eclipse
- encumber
- enervate
- ennui
- exaggerate
- exasperate
- excel
- exert
- exhaust
- extend
- fag
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- flag
- fleece
- fold
- get upper hand
- give out
- go beyond
- go by
- go overboard
- go stale
- go too far
- grow weary
- harass
- have a jump on
- have advantage
- have it all over
- hype
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- lade
- lay it on
- load
- magnify
- make demands on
- make federal case
- maltreat
- misemploy
- mishandle
- mistreat
- misuse
- nauseate
- not know when to stop
- oppress
- out-distance
- outdo
- outpace
- outreach
- outrun
- outshine
- outstrip
- overburden
- overestimate
- overexert
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overstep
- overstrain
- overtake
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pain
- pall
- pass
- peter out
- pile on
- poop out
- press hard on
- pressure
- prey on
- prostitute
- prostrate
- 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
- saddle
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- spoil
- sprain
- squander
- strain
- strain oneself
- stress
- stretch
- surmount
- taint
- talk big
- task
- tauten
- tax
- tear
- tighten
- tire
- top
- transcend
- try
- twist
- vex
- waste
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- wear out
- weary
- weigh
- weigh down
- weigh heavily on
- weight
- wilt
- worry
- wrench
- yawn
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