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- pronunciation:
- puh
nihsh
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
punishes, punishing, punished |
| definition 1: |
to impose a penalty on (someone) for a real or imagined offense.
He punished his child for cursing.- synonyms:
- penalize
- antonyms:
- pardon
- similar words:
- amerce, avenge, castigate, chasten, chastise, discipline, fine, fix, keelhaul, mulct, pay, scourge, sentence, tar and feather
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| definition 2: |
to impose a penalty for (a real or imagined offense).
Courts punish murder severely.- synonyms:
- penalize
- antonyms:
- excuse, forgive
- similar words:
- avenge, chastise
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| definition 3: |
to injure, harm, or treat roughly.
A long race can punish one's body.The hurricane punished the coastal towns.- synonyms:
- abuse, damage, harm, injure
- similar words:
- batter, beat up, cripple, hurt, impair, maltreat, manhandle, rough up, ruin, spoil, thrash, trounce
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| related words: |
get, plague, revenge, torment, whip |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to subject someone or something to punishment.
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adverb + (v.)punish
adequately, appropriately, criminally, financially, justly, physically, publicly, severely, swiftly, unduly, unfairly
(v.)punish
+ adverb
accordingly, brutally, economically, harshly, terribly, unjustly
(v.)punish
+ noun
aggression,
aggressor,
attacker,
bastard,
behavior,
cheater,
conduct,
crime,
criminal,
deed,
defendant,
dissenter,
dissident,
enemy,
fraud,
imprisonment,
infraction,
innocent,
killing,
misbehavior,
misdeed,
murderer,
offender,
offense,
penalty,
perpetrator,
punishment,
sin,
sinner,
slave,
taxpayer,
thief,
trafficker,
transgression,
transgressor,
tyrant,
viewpoint,
violation,
violator,
wickedness,
wrongdoer,
wrongdoing
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| derivation: |
punisher (n.) |
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