Definition of punishing Punishing
/pʌˈnɪʃɪŋ/ - [punishing] -
We found 7 definitions of punishing from 4 different sources.
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What does punishing mean?
WordNet
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| punishing - resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax" | ||
| punishing - 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" | ||
| arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome | ||
| effortful requiring great physical effort | ||
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Wiktionary 
- punishing (Verb)
Present participle of punish. - punishing (Adjective)
That inflicts punishment. - punishing (Adjective)
arduous, gruelling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- punishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Punish
Part of speech
🔤- punishing, verb, gerund of punish (infinitive).
