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English adjective: punishing | |||
| 1. | punishing resulting in punishment | ||
| Samples | The king imposed a punishing tax. | ||
| 2. | punishing characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome | ||
| Similar | effortful | ||
| Antonyms | effortless | ||
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