1. causing worry, stress, or anxiety; burdensome or troublesome
Usage: informal; chiefly Australian and New Zealand English

Examples

• The carking responsibility of managing the project kept him awake at night.
• She faced a carking problem with her car that required expensive repairs.
• The carking details of the contract made the negotiation tedious.
• He complained about the carking heat during the summer.
• The carking uncertainty about the job market worried many graduates.