taskmaster
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈtæskˌmæs.tɚ/
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exigente
- Time is not a healer of wounds, but an unforgiving taskmaster that rages against us.
- stern taskmaster
- tough taskmaster
- harsh taskmaster
It's not fear and trembling because He's a horrible taskmaster and He's going to punish me.
- It's not fear and trembling because He's a horrible taskmaster and He's going to punish me.
- You realise that you have become your own taskmaster in many ways.
- He, I would say the taskmaster is probably more my mother, but the discipline is certainly my father.
- Greatest influence in my life is my wife and what she did was she loved me unconditionally, but she's a taskmaster.
- Was this her and her husband had this, her new husband had this taskmask, taskmaster approach to everything they did.
Examples
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Discipline also describes the demands made upon us by that hard taskmaster, research.
Academic text (1992) -
You realise that you have become your own taskmaster in many ways.
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We are here today in the name of duty... and sometimes duty is a hard taskmaster.
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Reality is a miserable taskmaster, but remember this was your choice.
Blog text (7) -
Louisa Bry is a stern taskmaster.
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You're a tough taskmaster.
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She's a taskmaster.
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His long, saturnine face had a zealot's eyes and a taskmaster's stern mouth.
Fiction book (1994) -
But all of this has been learned slowly, and by that worst of taskmasters—experience.
Blog text (4) -
The coach was a strict taskmaster, making sure that every player gave their best during practice.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who makes other people work very hard in a harsh, unfair way
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7.5
A person who forces others to work very hard and treats them badly
A woman who makes people do hard work
How Demanding
- Offensive
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7.5
- Offensive
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5.8
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6.6
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7.2
346
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∞
1.6
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word taskmaster comes from two simple parts: task ('job') and master ('one in charge'). So a taskmaster is literally a 'master of tasks' and today means someone who gives or controls work, often making people work hard.