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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.
Punishing definition: causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal. See examples of PUNISHING used in a sentence.
Definition of punishing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
The meaning of PUNISH is to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation. How to use punish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Punish.
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. /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to make somebody suffer because they have broken the law or done something wrong. punish somebody Those responsible for this crime will be severely punished. punish somebody by doing something My parents used to punish me by not letting me watch TV.
Punish definition: to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault. See examples of PUNISH used in a sentence.
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.
