punishing

punishing
[[t]pʌ̱nɪʃɪŋ[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak.

He claimed his punishing work schedule had made him resort to taking the drug...

Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.

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  • punishing — index cruel, disciplinary (punitory), harsh, penal, punitive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • punishing — /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ (say punishing) adjective severely taxing; extremely unpleasant: I found the long, hot trip to Yass very punishing. –punishingly, adverb …  

  • punishing — adjective 1. resulting in punishment the king imposed a punishing tax • Participle of verb: ↑punish 2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Punishing — Punish Pun ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See {Pain}, and { ish}.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • punishing — /pun i shing/, adj. causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds. [1425 75; late ME punyesand; see PUNISH, ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • punishing — adj. Punishing is used with these nouns: ↑schedule …   Collocations dictionary

  • punishing — pun|ish|ing [ pʌnıʃıŋ ] adjective extremely difficult, tiring, or damaging: a punishing exercise schedule ╾ pun|ish|ing|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • punishing — adjective a punishing schedule Syn: arduous, demanding, taxing, onerous, burdensome, strenuous, rigorous, stressful, trying; hard, difficult, tough, exhausting, tiring, grueling, crippling, relentless; informal killing Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

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