punishing

punishing is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Punish. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Punish
2. adjective. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

   "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"

   "a grueling campaign"

   Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

3. adjective. resulting in punishment

   "the king imposed a punishing tax"

Synonyms

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

Common word forms

punish, punishingly

Words from these letters

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