punishing - Meaning in Tamil

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punishing - Meaning in Tamil

Definitions and Meaning of punishing in English

punishing adjective

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

   Synonyms

   arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

   Examples

   • "a grueling campaign"
   • "hard labor"
   • "heavy going"
   • "heavy work"
   • "set a punishing pace"
   • "spent many laborious hours on the project"
   • "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
2. resulting in punishment

   Example

   • "the king imposed a punishing tax"

Synonyms of punishing

• arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

Description

Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular action or behavior that is deemed undesirable or unacceptable. It is, however, possible to distinguish between various different understandings of what punishment is.

Also see "Punishment" on Wikipedia

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