Causing worry, stress, or burden; oppressive and distressing in a continuous way.
Present participle of 'cark' used as an adjective. The '-ing' form emphasizes the ongoing, active nature of the worry or burden being imposed.
'Carking' captures the British sense of relentless, grinding worry—not a dramatic crisis but the slow weight of persistent anxiety, which is maybe more British than tea itself!
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