punishing

English Thesaurus

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all)

similar	:	effortful,
definition	:	requiring great physical effort (adj.all)

derivation	:	labor, labour, toil,
definition	:	productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	arduousness, strenuousness,
definition	:	extreme effortfulness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness,
definition	:	the quality of requiring extended effort (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	hardness, ruggedness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to do (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness,
definition	:	unwelcome burdensome difficulty (noun.attribute)

2. resulting in punishment (adj.ppl)

participle	:	penalise, penalize, punish,
definition	:	impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on (verb.social)

3. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adj.all)

derivation	:	labor, labour, toil,
definition	:	productive work (especially physical work done for wages) (noun.act)

derivation	:	arduousness, strenuousness,
definition	:	extreme effortfulness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness,
definition	:	the quality of requiring extended effort (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	hardness, ruggedness,
definition	:	the quality of being difficult to do (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness,
definition	:	unwelcome burdensome difficulty (noun.attribute)

4. resulting in punishment (adj.ppl)

participle	:	penalise, penalize, punish,
definition	:	impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on (verb.social)