punishing
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pun·ish
(pŭn′ĭsh)v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es
v.tr.
1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault.
2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense).
3. To handle or use roughly; damage or hurt: My boots were punished by our long trek through the desert.
v.intr.
To exact or mete out punishment.
[Middle English punissen, punishen, from Old French punir, puniss-, from Latin poenīre, pūnīre, from poena, punishment, from Greek poinē; see kwei- in Indo-European roots.]
pun′ish·a·bil′i·ty n.
pun′ish·a·ble adj.
pun′ish·er n.
Synonyms: punish, chastise, discipline, castigate, penalize
These verbs mean to subject a person to something negative for an offense, sin, or fault. Punish is the least specific: The principal punished the students who were caught cheating. Chastise historically has entailed corporal punishment but now usually involves a verbal rebuke as a means of effecting improvement in behavior: The sarcastic child was roundly chastised for insolence. Discipline stresses punishment inflicted by an authority in order to control or to eliminate unacceptable conduct: The worker was disciplined for insubordination. Castigate means to censure or criticize severely, often in public: The judge castigated the attorney for badgering the witness. Penalize usually implies the forfeiture of money or of a privilege or gain because rules or regulations have been broken: Those who file their income-tax returns late will be penalized.
These verbs mean to subject a person to something negative for an offense, sin, or fault. Punish is the least specific: The principal punished the students who were caught cheating. Chastise historically has entailed corporal punishment but now usually involves a verbal rebuke as a means of effecting improvement in behavior: The sarcastic child was roundly chastised for insolence. Discipline stresses punishment inflicted by an authority in order to control or to eliminate unacceptable conduct: The worker was disciplined for insubordination. Castigate means to censure or criticize severely, often in public: The judge castigated the attorney for badgering the witness. Penalize usually implies the forfeiture of money or of a privilege or gain because rules or regulations have been broken: Those who file their income-tax returns late will be penalized.
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| Adj. | 1. | punishing - resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax" |
| 2. |  punishing - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"effortful - requiring great physical effort |
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punishing
adjective hard, taxing, demanding, grinding, wearing, tiring, exhausting, uphill, gruelling, strenuous, arduous, burdensome, backbreaking his punishing work schedule
light, easy, simple, effortless, undemanding, cushy (informal), untaxing, unexacting
light, easy, simple, effortless, undemanding, cushy (informal), untaxing, unexacting
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punishing
adjectiveInflicting or aiming to inflict punishment:
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punishing
[ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ]B. N → castigo m (fig) → castigo m, malos tratos mpl
to take a punishing → recibir una paliza; [car, furniture etc] → recibir muchos golpes
to take a punishing → recibir una paliza; [car, furniture etc] → recibir muchos golpes
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punishing
adj blow → hart; routine, pace → strapaziös, tödlich; workload → strapaziös, erdrückend; to get or take some punishing treatment (cars, furniture) → strapaziert werden; (Sport) → vorgeführt werden (inf), → eins aufs Dach bekommen (inf)
n to take a punishing (inf: team, boxer etc) → vorgeführt werden (inf); he got a real punishing from his opponent (inf) → er wurde von seinem Gegner regelrecht vorgeführt (inf); his self-confidence took a punishing → sein Selbstbewusstsein litt darunter or bekam einen Knacks (inf)
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