"punishing" meaning in English

See punishing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ Forms: more punishing [comparative], most punishing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} punishing (comparative more punishing, superlative most punishing)
  1. That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. Translations (that punishes): puna (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-punishing-en-adj-hTC2dy1a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 23 33 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 35 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 37 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 38 40 4 Disambiguation of 'that punishes': 87 13
  2. (figuratively) Debilitating, harsh. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-punishing-en-adj-ZcpQzueW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 23 33 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 35 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 37 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 38 40 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonpunishing, punishingly, punishingness, unpunishing

Noun

IPA: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ Forms: punishings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} punishing (plural punishings)
  1. Punishment.
    Sense id: en-punishing-en-noun-5FQPC0nv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 23 33 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 35 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 33 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 37 42 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 38 40 4

Verb

IPA: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} punishing
  1. present participle and gerund of punish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: punish
    Sense id: en-punishing-en-verb-Jsu-h9m~

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