Synonyms for punishing
pun·ish·ing

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1. punishingadjective

   resulting in punishment

   "the king imposed a punishing tax"

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

   Antonyms:
   effortless

2. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsomeadjective

   characterized by 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"

   Synonyms:
   backbreaking, sullen, ponderous, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, sound, wakeless, dense, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, straining, severe, cloggy, lumbering, large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, voiceless, grievous, tough, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, unvoiced, gruelling, expectant, concentrated, lowering, surd, heavy(a), sonorous, impenetrable, arduous, operose, strenuous, heavy, heavy(p), big(a), labored, profound, difficult, laboured, strong, gravid, big(p), leaden, knockout

   Antonyms:
   effortless

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1. List of paraphrases for "punishing":

   punish, penalising, punishment, penalizing, suppression, sanctioning, punished

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1. David Velazco:

   It’s backwards — when it’s about punishing campesinos they move fast.

2. Goa Kerle:

   Wrong always rewards, never punishes while right does both. When wrong rewards, that's right punishing.

3. President Trump:

   I do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. But we must also recognize that we are a nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws.

4. Gordon Charlop:

   The market right now seems to be in a spot where the ice is a little bit thin and investors seem to be punishing stocks that are falling out of favor, whether it is caused by direct earnings or guidance, linkedIn and Tableau are names that are leaders. Those two names are important names, widely held, widely followed, and the disruption we saw in those prices affected stocks in that sector, without a doubt.

5. Gero Neugebauer:

   The voters are punishing the ruling parties because the coalition is a constant dispute, the public perception of the coalition is really bad.