Punishing (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax".
Classification
Participial adjectives.
Related Words
Meaning 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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.