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adjective
- 1. physically and mentally demanding; arduous: "the band's punishing tour schedule"
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PUNISHING definition: 1. very difficult and making you feel tired: 2. to be damaged because of rough treatment: 3. very…. Learn more.
punish, chastise, castigate, chasten, discipline, correct mean to inflict a penalty on in requital for wrongdoing. punish implies subjecting to a penalty for wrongdoing. punished for stealing. chastise may apply to either the infliction of corporal punishment or to verbal censure or denunciation.
Punishing definition: causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal. See examples of PUNISHING used in a sentence.
to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.: Those responsible for these crimes must be brought to court and punished. He punished the class by giv ing them extra work.
Definition of punishing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something punishing is extremely physically difficult to do. On a very hot, humid day, even a 5K is a punishing race to run. Anything that exhausts you because it's so demanding can be described with the adjective punishing. A punishing hike leaves you gasping and applying bandages to your blisters.
punishing. (pʌnɪʃɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak. It was a punishing schedule for any man, but Fox was now fifty-seven. Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.
