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- pronunciation:
- puh
nihsh
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
punishes, punishing, punished |
| definition 1: |
to cause to suffer for doing something wrong.
The principal punished Tyler for skipping class.- synonyms:
- penalize
- antonyms:
- pardon
- similar words:
- discipline, fine, sentence, tar and feather
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| definition 2: |
to harm or treat in a rough way; injure.
Running the long race punished my legs.- synonyms:
- abuse, damage, harm, injure
- similar words:
- batter, beat up, cripple, hurt, impair, ruin, spoil, thrash
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| related words: |
plague, revenge, torment |
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| derivation: |
punisher (n.) |
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