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[ puhn-i-shing ] / ˈpʌn ɪ ʃɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR punishing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds. Origin of punishing1425–75; late Middle English punyesand;see punish, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM punishingnon·pun·ish·ing, adjectiveself-pun·ish·ing, adjectiveun·pun·ish·ing, adjectiveun·pun·ish·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby punishingpungent, Punic, Punic Wars, punish, punishable, punishing, punishment, punition, punitive, punitive damages, Punjab Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for punishingThe Feds are more interesting in finding out who is doing the recruiting rather than punishing those being recruited. What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists|Scott Beauchamp|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The king set about punishing Marshal, opposing his attempts to establish his family in their lands in Ireland and Wales. England’s Greatest Knight Puts ‘Game of Thrones’ to Shame|William O’Connor|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST It seems the universe is punishing, violent, random, chaos, and so of course you become controlling. Michael Sheen’s Masterful Study of Sex and Insecurity|Caryn James|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST So punishing Putin, not the people of Russia, should be our primary aim. Best Way to Punish Putin? No World Cup|Tunku Varadarajan|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And his Socialist Party candidates predictably failed, a punishing defeat surprising only in its scope. French Vote Thrusts Two Women Into the Spotlight|Tracy McNicoll|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of these boys was unpopular with the others, and they invented a method of punishing him for supposed offenses. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis Tell me not of God's vengeance, punishing men for his own glory! Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3)|Theodore Parker Her ability to get him out of a punishing mood is well illustrated by the following incident. What can we have done that the dear Vidame is punishing us by keeping his word to the infanta? The Collection of Antiquities|Honore de Balzac This must result in merely enriching the Indian capitalist and punishing the consumer. The Wheel of Fortune|Mahatma Gandhi
Words related to punishingpunitive, grueling, brutal, hard |