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Defenition of the word punishing

    • Defenition of the word punishing

      • 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"
      • resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"
      • 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
      • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
      • resulting in punishment

    Synonyms for the word punishing

      • arduous
      • backbreaking
      • grueling
      • gruelling
      • hard
      • heavy
      • laborious
      • labourious
      • toilsome

    Similar words in the punishing

      • effortful

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