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punishing

  • adjective
  • /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.

Other meanings

  1. Debilitating, harsh.

Related words

  • nonpunishing
  • punishingness
  • unpunishing
  • punishingly

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “punishing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.