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PUNISHING
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; “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”
punishing
(adjective) resulting in punishment; “the king imposed a punishing tax”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
punishing (comparative more punishing, superlative most punishing)
That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
(figuratively) Debilitating, harsh.
Noun
punishing (plural punishings)
Punishment.
Verb
punishing
present participle of punish
Source: Wiktionary
PUNISH
Pun"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punished; p. pr. & vb. n. Punishing.] Etym: [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See Pain, and -ish.]
1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience. A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned. Milton.
2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low]
Syn.
– To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct; discipline. See Chasten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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