punishing | ||
1. | [ adjective ] resulting in punishment | |
Examples: | "the king imposed a punishing tax" |
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Related terms: | punish | |
2. | [ adjective ] characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | |
Synonyms: | hard arduous labourious gruelling heavy laborious grueling toilsome backbreaking | |
Examples: | "worked their arduous way up the mining valley" "a grueling campaign" "hard labor" "heavy work" "heavy going" "spent many laborious hours on the project" |
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Related terms: | effortful | |
Similar spelling: |
punishingly punching_bag punishment |