| ADJECTIVE | ppl | punishing | resulting in punishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | punishing, arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion |
| Sounds | pah'nihshihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Resulting in punishment. | |
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| Example | "the king imposed a punishing tax" | |
| Participle of | punish | impose a penalty on |
| Adverbs | punishingly | in a punishing manner |
| Meaning | Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. | |
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| Example | "set a punishing pace" | |
| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome | |
| Broader | effortful | requiring great physical effort |
| Spanish | agotador, arduo, duro, fatigoso, laborioso, penoso, pesado | |
| Catalan | ardu, dur, esgotador, fatigant, fatigós, feixuc, laboriós, penós, pesat | |
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