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punish
[ puhn-ish ]
verb (used with object)
- to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault:
The goal of the court is to punish the criminal for the crime he has committed.
Synonyms: penalize, discipline, castigate, chastise
Antonyms: reward
- to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.):
Unconditional imprisonment is imposed to punish past transgressions.
Synonyms: penalize
Antonyms: reward
- to mistreat, abuse, or hurt:
Additional tariffs will punish working families with higher prices on household basics.
- to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight.
- to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
- Informal. to make a heavy inroad on; deplete:
to punish a quart of whiskey.
verb (used without object)
- to inflict punishment.
punish
/ ˈpʌnɪʃ /
verb
- to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour
- tr to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)
- tr to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion
to punish a horse
- informal.tr to consume (some commodity) in large quantities
to punish the bottle
Derived Forms
- ˈpunishing, adjective
- ˈpunisher, noun
- ˈpunishingly, adverb
Other Words From
- pun·ish·er noun
- o·ver·pun·ish verb
- pre·pun·ish verb (used with object)
- qua·si-pun·ished adjective
- re·pun·ish verb
- self-pun·ished adjective
- un·pun·ished adjective
- well-pun·ished adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of punish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Silver said in December that he hoped that players would stand for the anthem, but that he wouldn’t punish players who protested.
Students will not be punished for using single-use plastics on campus, but school officials plan to offer enough alternatives so that students will not need to rely on plastics, Chapple said.
To his credit, when he was in a position to financially punish me for saying no, he did not.
Those videos and other stuff happened before any of us were on the team, and it feels like we’re being punished.
Each practice session was planned to the minute, and players were punished if they were late.
Instead, it appears that the Obama administration has opted to punish North Korea financially.
And the law can easily be used as a political tool to punish any disrespect of the state.
Did North Korea hack Sony to punish them for a Seth Rogen movie that taunts Kim Jong-un?
Asked, if Christie is so terrible, why he would want to punish the people of the Garden State with his presence, Tancredo laughed.
And is it right for us to withhold assistance and punish civilians?
To punish the habit, a Turk was seized and a pipe transfixed through his nose.
The children of Israel, having been sent out by Jahweh to punish the Midianites, "slew all the males."
The apprehension that God will punish for not making fulfilment to him accompanies equally the oath and the vow.
And to punish himself while this reaction lasted, he would seek her out and see that she inflicted the punishment itself.
Oh, madame, I tell you you do but waste time, and you punish me and harass yourself to little purpose.
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