Punish Definition
pŭnĭsh
punished, punishes, punishing
verb
punished, punishes, punishing
To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault.
American Heritage
To cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing.
Webster's New World
To impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense)
Webster's New World
To deal out punishment.
Webster's New World
To treat harshly or injuriously.
The punishing rays of the sun.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- fix
- give one one's comeuppance
- throw-the-book-at
- ground
- lower-the-boom
- teach one a lesson
- bring to book
- light into
- give a dressing-down
- pitch into
- make it hot for
- crack-down-on
- attend to
- come down hard on
- give it to
Origin of Punish
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Middle English punissen, punishen from Old French punir puniss- from Latin poenīre, pūnīre from poena punishment from Greek poinē kwei-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English punischen, from Latin punire (“to inflict punishment upon"), from poena (“punishment, penalty"); see pain.
From Wiktionary
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