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punishing
01
resulting in punishment
Grammatical Information
Composition
present participle adjective
qualitative
Superlative
most punishing
Comparative
more punishing
gradable
02
extremely demanding and exhausting, often involving a great deal of physical or mental strain
Examples
The punishing workout left him sore for days.
Lexical Tree
punishingly
punishing
punish
