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Definitions for Punished
[1] 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.
[3] to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight.
[4] to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
[5] Informal . to make a heavy inroad on; deplete: to punish a quart of whiskey.
[6] to inflict punishment.
[7] to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour
[8] (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)
[9] (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion to punish a horse
[10] (tr) informal to consume (some commodity) in large quantities to punish the bottle
Words related to Punished
punishdiscipline, incarcerate, harm, dismiss, expel, sentence, chastise, execute, hurt, abuse, fine, correct, spank, paddle, castigate, exile, reprove, whip, injure, debar
Words nearby Punished
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Origin of Punished
1300–50; Middle English punischen < Middle French puniss-, long stem of punir < Latin pūnīre; akin to poena penalty, pain
Other words from Punished
pun·ish·er , noun
o·ver·pun·ish , verb
pre·pun·ish , verb (used with object)
qua·si-pun·ished , adjective
re·pun·ish , verb
self-pun·ished , adjective
self-pun·ish·er , noun
un·pun·ished , adjective
well-pun·ished , adjective
Word origin for Punished
C14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty
Synonyms for Punished
chastened, dismissed, imprisoned, penalized, birched, castigated, chastised, confined, corrected, debarred, defrocked, executed, exiled, expelled, flogged, grounded, immured, incarcerated, lectured, reproved, scolded, sentenced, spanked, switched, whipped