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adjective
- 1. physically and mentally demanding; arduous: "the band's punishing tour schedule"
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PUNISHING definition: 1. very difficult and making you feel tired: 2. to be damaged because of rough treatment: 3. very…. Learn more.
1. a. : to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation. b. : to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation. 2. a. : to deal with roughly or harshly. b. : to inflict injury on : hurt. intransitive verb. : to inflict punishment. punishability. ˌpə-nish-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē. noun. punishable. ˈpə-nish-ə-bəl.
Punishing definition: causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal. See examples of PUNISHING used in a sentence.
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.
adjective. /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ [usually before noun] long and difficult and making you work hard so you become very tired. The President has a punishing schedule for the next six months. a punishing exercise regime. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Something punishing is extremely physically difficult to do. On a very hot, humid day, even a 5K is a punishing race to run. Anything that exhausts you because it's so demanding can be described with the adjective punishing. A punishing hike leaves you gasping and applying bandages to your blisters.
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.
verb (used with object) to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: The goal of the court is to punish the criminal for the crime he has committed. Synonyms: penalize, discipline, castigate, chastise. Antonyms: reward.
1. to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour. 2. (transitive) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) 3. (transitive) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion. to punish a horse. 4. (transitive) informal.
1. : the act of punishing. 2. a. : suffering, pain, or loss that serves as retribution. b. : a penalty inflicted on an offender through judicial procedure. 3. : severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. Synonyms. castigation. chastisement. comeuppance. correction. desert (s) discipline. nemesis. penalty. wrath.
