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   Pun·ish·ing

   /ˈpənəSHiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. physically and mentally demanding; arduous: "a punishing eight-city book tour"
   • ▪ severe and debilitating: "the recession was having a punishing effect on our business"

   Derivatives

   • 1. punishingly adverb

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   What does punishing mean?

   • penoso, duro, cansativo… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! PUNISHING meaning: 1. very difficult and making you feel tired: 2. to be damaged because of rough treatment: 3. very…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to punish a person?

   • We fail along the way, and God’s patience endures ( Romans 2:4 ). The word “punish” has different meanings. The dictionary defines it as… Punish: “to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft.

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   What is a punishing schedule?

   • A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak . It was a punishing schedule for any man, but Fox was now fifty-seven. Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does punishment mean?

   • 1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, or death as a penalty for some offense or fault. 2. to inflict such a penalty for (an offense or fault): to punish theft. 3. to handle or treat harshly or roughly; hurt. 4. Informal. to consume; deplete: to punish a bottle of wine. 5. to inflict punishment.

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   characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. “set a punishing pace” synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome. effortful. requiring great physical effort. adjective. resulting in punishment. “the king imposed a punishing tax” Cite this entry. Style: MLA.

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   noun. informal us / ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ / uk / ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ /. take a punishing. to be damaged because of rough treatment: My tires took quite a punishing on the rough terrain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging and spoiling. adulterate. adulterated.

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   5 days ago · punishing. (pʌnɪʃɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak . It was a punishing schedule for any man, but Fox was now fifty-seven. Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.

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   Definition of punishing adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   long and difficult and making you work hard so you become very tired. The President has a punishing schedule for the next six months. Definition of punishing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.: Those responsible for these crimes must be brought to court and punished. He punished the class by giv ing them extra work.

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   adjective. uk / ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ / us. very difficult and making you tired: a punishing schedule. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of punishing from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)