Associations to the word «Punishing»
Noun
- Offender
- Criminal
- Severity
- Punishment
- Adultery
- Informer
- Blows
- Sinner
- Offence
- Offense
- Contingency
- Trafficking
- Innocent
- Ute
- Prometheus
- Crime
- Infringement
- Culprit
- Stimulus
- Deprivation
- Sin
- Breach
- Heretic
- Disobedience
- Negligence
- Cruelty
- Reeve
- Injustice
- Reparation
- Reward
- Femme
- Ordeal
- Tumble
- Behavior
- Torture
- Perpetrator
- Schedule
- Beating
- Conditioning
- Violation
- Libel
- Traitor
- Statute
- Cracking
- Darius
- Wherefore
- Jerk
- Magistrate
- Zeus
- Justice
- Theft
- Guilt
- Prostitution
- Outrage
- Imprisonment
- Norm
- Bowler
- Wrong
- Tribunal
- Sway
- Treason
- Routine
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PUNISHING, verb. Present participle of punish
PUNISHING, adjective. That inflicts punishment
PUNISHING, adjective. Arduous, gruelling
PUNISHING, noun. Punishment
Dictionary definition
PUNISHING, adjective. Resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax".
PUNISHING, 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.