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Definitions for Punishing

[1] causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds.
[2] to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
[3] to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft.
[4] to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight.
[5] to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
[6] Informal . to make a heavy inroad on; deplete: to punish a quart of whiskey.
[7] to inflict punishment.
[8] to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour
[9] (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)
[10] (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion to punish a horse
[11] (tr) informal to consume (some commodity) in large quantities to punish the bottle

Words related to Punishing

punitive, grueling, brutal, hard

Words nearby Punishing

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Origin of Punishing

1300–50; Middle English punischen < Middle French puniss-, long stem of punir < Latin pūnīre; akin to poena penalty, pain

Other words from Punishing

non·pun·ish·ing , adjective
self-pun·ish·ing , adjective
un·pun·ish·ing , adjective
un·pun·ish·ing·ly , adverb
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 Punishing

C14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty

Synonyms for Punishing

brutal, grueling, punitive, hard