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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 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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   • Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox! By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies. On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to punishing, such as: brutal, grueling, punitive, and hard.

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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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   What is the difference between punish and punishable?

   • punish is a verb, punishment is a noun, punishable is an adjective: The teacher had to punish her students. The punishment must fit the crime. That crime is punishable by death. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.

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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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   punishing meaning: very difficult and making you tired: . Learn more.

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   to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight. to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.

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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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   Definitions of 'punishing' A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'punishing' British English: pʌnɪʃɪŋ American English: pʌnɪʃɪŋ. More. Synonyms of 'punishing' • hard, taxing, demanding, grinding [...] More.

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   verb. Present participle of punish. Wiktionary. Synonyms: castigating. chastising. correcting. disciplining. penalizing. electrocuting. training. reproving. lecturing. immuring. expelling. executing. exiling. beheading. hanging. Antonyms: exonerating. pardoning. awarding. praising. rewarding. adjective. That inflicts punishment. Wiktionary.

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   Dictionary definition of punishing. Excessively demanding, rigorous, or physically and mentally taxing. "He endured a punishing schedule of back-to-back meetings." Detailed meaning of punishing. It describes situations, activities, or tasks that require a significant amount of effort, endurance, or resilience to endure or complete successfully.