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punishing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
    • Upon Amelia's return from the West Coast in October, George presented her with a punishing schedule of lectures and appointments to promote the new book and solidify her position as America's foremost woman aviator. 2010, Kathleen C. Winters, Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of an American Icon, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 90:
    • They took off at a punishing speed, making London in less than half a day. 2016, Tamara Gill, Only an Earl Will Do, Entangled: Select Historical
    • Regardless of the punishing heat and physicality, restaurant cooking is a calling many Chinese chefs cannot deny. 2013, Grace Young, Alan Richardson, The Breath of a Wok, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100:
  2. (figuratively) Debilitating, harsh.
    • a punishing blow
    • Public debt of this magnitude can provoke punishing tax rates and crowd out private investment. 2010, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Globalization at Risk, Yale University Press, →ISBN:
    • 1999, Edward Gonzalez, Richard Nuccio, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, The Rand Forum on Cuba, Rand Corp Others argued that the worst of all outcomes after 40 years of a punishing embargo would be for the United States to adopt policies that might extend the life of a dictatorial regime.
    • The apparent punishing effect of naloxone may be mediated through the withdrawal reaction that it produces[.] 2016, David J. Sanger, Derek E. Blackman, Aspects of Psychopharmacology, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

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more punishing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most punishing Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unpunishing · punishingly · nonpunishing · punishingness

Translations (1)

eo puna (that punishes)

punishing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. Punishment.
    • We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts[…] 2011, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, page 303:

Forms

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punishings Number=Plur lexicographic

punishing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of punish
    form of punish