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punishing |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb punish 1 sense of punish Sense 1 punish, penalize, penalise => revenge, avenge, retaliate => tar-and-feather => execute, put to death => pillory => castigate => amerce => victimize, victimise => scourge => discipline, correct, sort out Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb punish 1 sense of punish Sense 1 punish, penalize, penalise => revenge, avenge, retaliate => get even get back => pay back pay off get fix => tar-and-feather => execute, put to death => crucify => electrocute, fry => burn => hang, string up => halter => gibbet => pillory => castigate => amerce => victimize, victimise => scourge => discipline, correct, sort out Entailment of verb punish 1 sense of punish Sense 1 punish, penalize, penalise => estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb punish 1 sense of punish Sense 1 punish, penalize, penalise Familiarity of verb punish punish used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb punish Sense 1 punish, penalize, penalise -------------- Overview of verb punish The verb punish has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) punish, penalize, penalise -- (impose a penalty on inflict punishment on "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again") Overview of adj punishing The adj punishing has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. punishing -- (resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax") 2. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace") Antonyms of adj punishing 1 of 2 senses of punishing Sense 2 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Similarity of adj punishing 2 senses of punishing Sense 1 punishing Participle of verb punish (Sense 1) =>punish, penalize, penalise Sense 2 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome => effortful (vs. effortless) Attributes of adj punishing Familiarity of adj punishing punishing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj punishing punishing Overview of verb punish The verb punish has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) punish, penalize, penalise -- (impose a penalty on inflict punishment on "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again") Overview of adj punishing The adj punishing has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. punishing -- (resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax") 2. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace")
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