punishing

punishing
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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): punishment, punish, punishable, punishing, punitive, punishingly


Xem thêm: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome, penalize, penalise



punishing

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • resulting in punishment

    the king imposed a punishing tax

  • characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

    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

    v.

  • impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; penalize, penalise

    The students were penalized for showing up late for class

    we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

punishes|punished|punishing
syn.: castigate chastise correct discipline penalize

ant.: forgive