punishing
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/
- Her job has become so punishing that she often feels exhausted by the end of the day.
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Watch on YouTubeI'm dead is the most awful, punishing thing for everyone in the world but me.
- I'm dead is the most awful, punishing thing for everyone in the world but me.
- So yeah, pretty punishing to drink for a scientific testing.
- It's very punishing for most of the time until quote the end.
Examples
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The Romans, on the other hand, were caught in a punishing cross wind.
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I was so fit, loved burpees, loved all the punishing stuff.
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And that was a very punishing way to approach things.
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So yeah, pretty punishing to drink for a scientific testing.
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Not so anti social punishing in those countries in between rates.
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I'm dead is the most awful, punishing thing for everyone in the world but me.
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The marathon was a punishing test of endurance for all the runners.
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After a punishing workout at the gym, I could barely walk.
Synonyms
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1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
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2.1
Hard to do or understand
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4.1
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
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2.9
Very severe and demanding, making life or work difficult, for example very bad weather
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4.2
Very strict and harsh when judging or punishing people
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7.0
Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of physical effort
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7.7
Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time
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6.8
Needing a lot of physical or mental effort
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6.8
A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work
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5.8
Very hard physical work that makes your body tired
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8.9
Needing a lot of hard work and making you tired
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9.9
Needing a lot of hard work and careful attention
Antonyms
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Punishing comes from the verb punish, which goes back to an old Latin word poena meaning 'punishment' or 'penalty'. So something punishing is very hard or demanding because it feels like a kind of 'punishment' that wears you out.