Definitions for punishing
pun·ish·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. punishingadjective

   resulting in punishment

   "the king imposed a punishing tax"

2. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. punishingadjective

   That inflicts punishment

2. punishingadjective

   arduous, gruelling

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1. punishing

   Punishing refers to the act of inflicting suffering, pain, penalty, or loss upon someone as a response or consequence for a wrongdoing, mistake, or disobedience. The punishment is often used as a deterrent to prevent the individual from repeating the same behavior in the future.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Punishing

   of Punish

How to pronounce punishing?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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How to say punishing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of punishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of punishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of punishing in a Sentence

1. Jen Psaki:

   For those who choose not to, mocking them and punishing them will lead to a more divided America, furthering the discrimination we are already dealing with.

2. Bob Braun:

   Twitter is a public forum but the problem here is that you have a large, multinational corporation and a state agency seeking out the bad guys and punishing them.

3. Julian Evans-Pritchard:

   With global growth likely to cool further in the coming quarters and United States tariffs set to become more punishing, the recent resilience of exports is unlikely to be sustained.

4. Fergus Cullen:

   In the past candidates in who have campaigned in traditional way with town halls and house parties have been rewarded by voters and candidates who cut corners and just give big speeches suffer, but in this cycle, voters don't seem to be punishing Ben Carson and Donald Trump who have hardly done any traditional campaigning at all. The candidates who are wearing out their shoes aren't really getting credit.

5. Angelica Gonzalez-Garcia:

   She's a little girl. She hasn't done anything, why are they punishing her ? Why does she keep having to plead to be back with her mother ? Why can't they return her to me ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=punishing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Punishing
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punishing