Punishing has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
Verb
1
present participle of punish
Adjective
1
resulting in punishment
"the king imposed a punishing tax"
2
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"
3
That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
Example Sentences
"the king imposed a punishing tax"
adjective
"worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
adjective
"a grueling campaign"
adjective
"hard labor"
adjective
"heavy work"
adjective
"heavy going"
adjective
"spent many laborious hours on the project"
adjective
"set a punishing pace"
adjective