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English Dictionary: punishing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for punishing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
punishing adj resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax" 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" Synonym(s): arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [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}.