Punishing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ|
adjective
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome)
set a punishing pace
Extra examples
He set himself a punishing schedule of conferences.
They vowed to avenge their father by capturing and punishing his killer.
Smacking is not an acceptable way of punishing a child.
I'm sure the boy is not guilty; how can we cajole your grandfather out of punishing him?
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