Definitions for punish

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punish pun·ish

Spelling: [puhn-ish]

IPA: /ˈpʌn ɪʃ/

Punish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in punish (hinpsu).

Definitions for punish

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault:
2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.):
3. to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight.
4. to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
5. Informal. to make a heavy inroad on; deplete:

verb (used without object)

1. to inflict punishment.

Origin of punish

1300-50; Middle English punischen Middle French puniss-, long stem of punir Latin pūnīre; akin to poena penalty, pain

Examples for punish

But Wilson wanted to punish Ben, and was determined to do so.

And is it right for us to withhold assistance and punish civilians?

It seems impossible for Shakespeare to believe that the sinner can punish sin.

I will not punish your fault so severely as Alcibiades ventured to hope.

He was seeking his opportunity to punish him for the rash utterance.

Instead, it appears that the Obama administration has opted to punish North Korea financially.

Asked, if Christie is so terrible, why he would want to punish the people of the Garden State with his presence, Tancredo laughed.

If he had been guilty, what was that to the cruel world so ready to punish, so ready to do worse!

And the law can easily be used as a political tool to punish any disrespect of the state.

Did North Korea hack Sony to punish them for a Seth Rogen movie that taunts Kim Jong-un?