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- Dictionarypun·ish·ing/ˈpənəSHiNG/
adjective
- 1. physically and mentally demanding; arduous: "a punishing eight-city book tour"
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1. a. : to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation. b. : to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation. 2. a. : to deal with roughly or harshly. b. : to inflict injury on : hurt. intransitive verb. : to inflict punishment. punishability. ˌpə-nish-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē. noun. punishable. ˈpə-nish-ə-bəl.
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.
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.
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.
pun′ish·er n. Synonyms: punish, chastise, discipline, castigate, penalize. These verbs mean to subject a person to something negative for an offense, sin, or fault. Punish is the least specific: The principal punished the students who were caught cheating.
Definition of punishing adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb (used with object) to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: The goal of the court is to punish the criminal for the crime he has committed. Synonyms: penalize, discipline, castigate, chastise. Antonyms: reward.
1. : the act of punishing. 2. a. : suffering, pain, or loss that serves as retribution. b. : a penalty inflicted on an offender through judicial procedure. 3. : severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. Synonyms. castigation. chastisement. comeuppance. correction. desert (s) discipline. nemesis. penalty. wrath.
