What is another word for punishing?
544 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈʌnɪʃɪŋ], [ pˈʌnɪʃɪŋ], [ p_ˈʌ_n_ɪ_ʃ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for punishing:
- arduous (adjective)
- excruciating (adjective)
- grueling (adjective)
- hitting (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- ppl (adjective)
- punishing (adjective)
- punitive (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- taxing (adjective)
- tight (adjective)
- torturous (adjective)
- uphill (adjective)
- effortful (noun)
- labourious (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- penalizing (verb)
- punishing (verb)
- revenging (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Punishing:
adj.
• arduous (adjective) • excruciating (adjective)- in-tensest,
- in-tense,
- most chastening,
- un bearable,
- in tenser,
- in-sufferable,
- in tense,
- most torturing,
- un-endurable,
- most shooting,
- most rending,
- un endurable,
- most torturesome,
- un-bearable,
- more torturing,
- more shooting,
- most racking,
- more tearing,
- more torturesome,
- more rending,
- more racking,
- most tearing,
- more chastening,
- in-tenser,
- in sufferable,
- torturing.
- more clouting,
- more whipping,
- most slamming,
- most beating,
- most whacking,
- more smacking,
- more slamming,
- most whipping,
- most clubbing,
- more thumping,
- most slapping,
- most thumping,
- most clouting,
- more whacking,
- most smacking,
- more beating,
- more slapping,
- more clubbing.
- grueling,
- tight,
- unabated,
- disciplinary,
- no picnic,
- stressful,
- punitive,
- non-stop,
- torturous,
- backbreaking,
- uphill,
- excruciating,
- torturesome,
- taxing,
- whacking,
- arduous,
- relentless,
- hitting.
- most unabated,
- non stop,
- un-remitting,
- unstoppable,
- more unabated,
- un stoppable,
- un remitting,
- more unstoppable,
- un-broken,
- un relenting,
- un-faltering,
- un abated,
- un relieved,
- most unbroken,
- most unstoppable,
- un-stoppable,
- un faltering,
- more unbroken,
- un-flagging,
- un-abated,
- un broken,
- un-relieved.
n.
• effortful (noun) • labourious (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)- disservice,
- rare,
- unwieldy,
- formidable,
- burdensome,
- hurt,
- challenging,
- HIT,
- blemish,
- blood,
- at-risk,
- gnaw,
- awkward,
- debauch,
- poison,
- erode,
- joint,
- much,
- cheapen,
- insurmountable,
- adulterate,
- cook,
- damper,
- stern,
- scourge,
- kibosh,
- hard,
- cut,
- bastardize,
- Fiendish,
- unplayable,
- toughen,
- tamper-evident,
- rampage,
- down,
- blight,
- impossible,
- mar,
- exhausting,
- mischief,
- demanding,
- tricky,
- shattering,
- obdurate,
- insoluble,
- overhang,
- ambitious,
- ill,
- heavy going,
- laboured,
- dig,
- exacting,
- muck,
- muck-up,
- spoil,
- laborious,
- harm,
- tortured,
- impairment,
- eat,
- unsolved,
- seismic,
- wreck,
- push,
- another,
- bust,
- intractable,
- sensitivity,
- rigorous,
- west,
- obstinate,
- begin,
- ravage,
- foul,
- monkey,
- louse,
- insupportable,
- heavy,
- joke,
- fiddly,
- bugger,
- nickel-and-dime,
- hot,
- alloy,
- fierce,
- gilt,
- too,
- expense,
- degrade,
- touch,
- sensitive,
- advanced,
- onerous,
- hard going,
- work,
- Overhung,
- tax,
- knotty,
- high-pressure,
- picnic,
- murder,
- upset,
- visit,
- impair,
- devil,
- vexed,
- foul (sth) up,
- trash,
- herculean,
- mockers,
- difficult,
- ticklish,
- cripple,
- wear (sth) out,
- interfere,
- mangle,
- desecrate,
- queer,
- production,
- shag,
- despoil,
- challenge,
- sticky,
- degradation,
- toll,
- rain,
- stubborn,
- come,
- write-off,
- severely,
- sour,
- bollocks,
- do 1,
- punishment,
- wear,
- threaten,
- bite,
- smash,
- schlep,
- bandh,
- knackering,
- tiring,
- worn,
- spoiling tactic,
- muff,
- goonda,
- play,
- nonsense,
- labour-intensive,
- bang,
- severe,
- taint,
- gruelling,
- toilsome,
- unrestricted,
- killing,
- deform,
- despair,
- shred,
- unresolved,
- invade,
- Challenged,
- awkwardly,
- flame,
- strike,
- wearing,
- cost,
- mess,
- painstaking,
- shitty,
- ravages,
- murky,
- tough,
- the Holy Grail,
- Fatiguing,
- strenuous,
- louse (sth) up,
- shoot,
- jump,
- tell,
- hoist,
- problematic,
- damage,
- pot,
- detriment,
- devilish,
- deface,
- Operose,
- wearying,
- touchy,
- irreconcilable,
- thorny,
- hard-fought,
- testing,
- drive,
- house,
- shatter,
- ruin,
- attack,
- distort,
- gloss,
- hard-won,
- flaw,
- gild.
v.
• penalizing (verb)- Burdening,
- Forfeiting,
- Deducting,
- Correcting,
- Discounting,
- Handicapping,
- Disciplining,
- Chastising,
- Encumbering,
- penalizing,
- abating,
- judging,
- Fining.
Other synonyms:
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•
- enervating,
- rocket science,
- hard-earned,
- unmanageable,
- persnickety,
- weary,
- delicate,
- time-consuming,
- punitory,
- elusive.
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•
- generous.
- dense,
- amercement,
- oppressive,
- expectant,
- forfeits,
- laboriously,
- Paining,
- harsh,
- fermented,
- mulct,
- swingeing,
- chasten,
- violent,
- Penalties,
- Castigatory,
- education,
- flogging,
- not easy,
- cloggy,
- penalising,
- handling,
- forced,
- Scourging,
- condemnation,
- condemn,
- afflictive,
- ponderous,
- spartan,
- judgment,
- heavily,
- penalise,
- strong,
- Draconic,
- knockout,
- perform,
- assess,
- achieve,
- drastic,
- strictly,
- unbearable,
- Weariful,
- accented,
- troublesome,
- brutal,
- weighed down,
- dour,
- amerce,
- hardly,
- Corrector,
- grave,
- lick,
- forfeiture,
- tormenting,
- confiscate,
- devastating,
- drilling,
- profound,
- whipping,
- training,
- Punisher,
- grim,
- sullen,
- bleak,
- retributive,
- lumbering,
- flog,
- abusive,
- penal,
- Amercing,
- draining,
- tiresome,
- sonorously,
- avenge,
- hardening,
- thick,
- weighty,
- fleshy,
- hefty,
- ruthless,
- overtaxing,
- weightily,
- accomplish,
- gravid,
- uncompassionate,
- condemning,
- sonorous,
- enforce,
- austere,
- Censuring,
- straining,
- penalize,
- Penological,
- lashing,
- daunting,
- enceinte,
- voiceless,
- nemesis,
- major,
- thumping,
- ruinous,
- penalty,
- Reprimanding,
- chastise,
- Flaying,
- toughly,
- enormous,
- appraise,
- threatening,
- discipline,
- strained,
- Inflictive,
- Chastiser,
- stark,
- penalization,
- excessive,
- immense,
- execute,
- fixing,
- punished,
- tyrannical,
- overwhelming,
- blame,
- corrective,
- soundly,
- punishingly,
- evaluate,
- comfortless,
- swinging,
- threateningly,
- stringent,
- schooling,
- brutish,
- grievous,
- unfeeling,
- overweight,
- unfriendly,
- considerable,
- fines,
- back-breaking,
- inhuman,
- arduously,
- deserts,
- merciless,
- clayey,
- stiff,
- sound,
- impenetrable,
- DO,
- exorbitant,
- huge,
- punish,
- beat,
- cruel,
- thrashing,
- crushing,
- chide,
- punitively,
- debilitating,
- appreciate,
- pitiless,
- draconian,
- Punishments,
- lowering,
- strenuously,
- punishes,
- castigate,
- labored,
- leaden,
- destructive,
- unkind,
- hurtful.
How to use "Punishing" in context?
Do you ever punish your children? I'm not talking about spanking here, but punishing them in a way that actually gets results is a valuable tool in parenting. Punishing a child can have many purposes, like teaching them a lesson they need to learn, correcting their behavior, or motivating them. It's important to find the right punishment for the child's age, behavior, and severity of the offense.
Sometimes, a swift tap on the hand or a verbal rebuke is all children need to know they've gone too far. Other times, a more severe punishment like grounding or sending them to their room may be necessary.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
punish.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
penalizing, penalising.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
always, approving, condemning, controlling, covering, criminalize, crushing, damaging, dealing, demanding, facing, getting, grounding, holding, imposing, incurring, inhibiting, passing, paying, pursuing, putting, quelling, reckoning, repressing, stifling, stopping, suffering, supporting, testing, trying, Addressing, Adopting, Attaining, Auditing, Carrying, Castigating, Censuring, Deterring, Eliminating, Enacting, Encountering, Endorsing, Enforcing, Experiencing, Harming, Outlawing, Policing, Relating, Responding, Sentencing, Ticketing, Undergoing, curbing, Convicting, Preventing, Prohibiting, Prosecuting, Suppressing, countering, redressing, criminalizing, streamlining, combatting, criminalising.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
punishment, Suppressing, Punishments.
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Noun, singular or mass
punishment, Suppressing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
sanctioning, tightening, Disciplining.
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Proper noun, singular
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