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1.
resulting in punishment
the king imposed a punishing tax
2.
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
set a punishing pace
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The following are synonyms for 'punishing'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms.
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punish
punishingly
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effortful
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