| Pronunciation: | | p'unishing
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| Matching Terms: | | punishingly
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- [adj] characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "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"
- [adj] resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"
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| | Synonyms: | | arduous, backbreaking, effortful, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, toilsome |
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