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
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