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punished

punished

1.4
Has a penalty for doing something wrong
  • adjective
  • /ˈpʌnɪʃt/
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  • The punished students were required to stay after class and write an essay.

Examples

  • The punished players had to run laps as part of their team's discipline.

  • The punished student sat alone in the corner.

  • He looked punished, his shoulders slumped in defeat after the verdict was announced.

  • She felt deeply punished after the harsh criticism from her manager.

  • After the incident, he felt like a punished child.

  • He looked punished, showing the weight of his mistakes in his downcast eyes.

  • After receiving her grade, she felt punished for not studying harder.

Antonyms

unpunished
11 4.2

Not made to face any consequences after doing something wrong

How Severe

tortured
  • Offensive
6.6
punished
1.4
unpunished
11 4.2

Surface Forms

punished positive

Morphology

punished = punish (transparent) = punish + ed

The adjective is the past participle of 'punish' formed with the regular -ed, so the meaning 'having been subjected to punishment' is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word punished comes from the Latin root poena, which means 'penalty', and then became the old French verb punir. So, to be punished is to be given a penalty for something you did wrong.