Punishing : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'punishing': discover synonyms for the word punishing, such as gruelling or arduous.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as punishing. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": gruelling and arduous.


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Lexical field of "punishing"

gruelling
arduous
backbreaking
laborious
toilsome
labourious
effortful
hard
grueling
heavy
suppressing
suppression
repression
censuring
crackdown
punitive
criminalize
penalization
punishment
disciplining
accountability
grounding
repressing
sanction
accounting
penalties
castigating
criminalizing
outlawing
penalising
penalizing
prohibiting
punishments
sanctioning
brutalizing
pummeling
chastising
torturing
tormenting
penalize
inflicting
rebuking
compensating
condemning
preventing
reprimanding
terrorizing
annihilating
retaliating
abusing