punish
Significat (English)
- To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
- To treat harshly and unfairly.
- (colloquial) To handle or beat severely; to maul.
- (colloquial) To consume a large quantity of.
Synonyms
teach a lesson
give someone a lesson
handle roughly
make suffer
pass judgement
make sad
cause suffering
give trouble to
drag about
inflict punishment
inflict punishment upon
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pun‧ish
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of punir, from Latin puniō (“I inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”); see pain. Displaced Old English wītnian and (mostly, in this sense) wrecan.
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