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Synonyms for punish
ˈpʌn ɪʃpun·ish
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punishverb
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castigatepunishverb
To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
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castigatepunishverb
To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow)
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castigatepunishverb
To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.
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castigate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
punish
Avenge and revenge, once close synonyms, are now far apart in meaning. To avenge is to visit some offense with punishment, in order to vindicate the righteous, or to uphold and illustrate the right by the suffering or destruction of the wicked. "And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian," Acts vii, 24. To revenge is to inflict harm or suffering upon another through personal anger and resentment at something done to ourselves. Avenge is unselfish; revenge is selfish. Revenge, according to present usage, could not be said of God. To retaliate may be necessary for self-defense, without the idea of revenge. Compare REVENGE.
Synonyms:
avenge, retaliate, revenge, vindicate, visitPreposition:
Avenge on or upon (rarely, avenge oneself of) a wrong-doer.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
punish
Synonyms:
chastise, castigate, chasten, correct, whip, scourgeAntonyms:
reward, recompense, remunerate, indemnify
Princeton's WordNet
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
punishverb
Synonyms:
chastise, castigate, chasten, discipline
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "punish":
punishing, penalise, penalize, sanction, punishment, suppress, chastise, flog, smite, criminalize, suppression, repress, penalties
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#399 | visit | |
#1847 | correct | |
#7790 | punishment | |
#7997 | penalties | |
#8299 | revenge | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#12767 | whip | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17439 | punish | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#47557 | avenge | |
#55596 | retaliate | |
#56041 | repress | |
#56460 | smite | |
#58763 | penalize | |
#62904 | flog | |
#80199 | vindicate | |
#84851 | criminalize | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#122695 | penalise | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use punish in a sentence?
Folks, I voted for a fence, I voted, unlike most Democrats -- and some of you won't like it -- I voted for 700 miles of fence, but, let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high -- unless you change the dynamic in Mexico and -- and you will not like this, and -- punish American employers who knowingly violate the law when, in fact, they hire illegals. Unless you do those two things, all the rest is window dressing.
Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry:
This Navy official is using the ‘no contact’ order as a weapon to punish and humiliate a decorated military chaplain, to deny Chaplain Modder of the ability to minister to a grieving family and other sailors is deplorable.
We're trying to turn this moment into a movement to improve the situation for junior scientists, we're too junior in the field to punish anybody, but we can tell people how to empower victims.
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
This kind of bludgeoning must stop. China has a strong army but Indians will unite against them if they continue such attacks, the Chinese are using their brute force amid a pandemic, the world must stand with India to punish them.
Translations for punish
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- عاقبArabic
- пакара́ць, кара́цьBelarusian
- нака́звам, нака́жаBulgarian
- castigar, punirCatalan, Valencian
- potrestat, trestatCzech
- straffeDanish
- bestrafen, strafenGerman
- τιμωρώGreek
- puniEsperanto
- castigar, punirSpanish
- karistamaEstonian
- مجازات کردن, ادب کردنPersian
- rangaistaFinnish
- punir, châtierFrench
- cuir pionós ar, pionósaighIrish
- punir, castigarGalician
- सज़ा देनाHindi
- büntet, helybenhagy, bántalmaz, megbüntetHungarian
- punire, castigareItalian
- 懲罰, 罰するJapanese
- 징벌하다, 벌주다Korean
- punireLatin
- казни, казнуваMacedonian
- bestraffen, straffen, afstraffenDutch
- straffe, skadeNorwegian
- castigar, punirOccitan
- karać, ukaraćPolish
- castigar, punirPortuguese
- maqakuyQuechua
- chastiarRomansh
- pedepsiRomanian
- нака́зывать, покара́ть, кара́ть, наказа́тьRussian
- castigae, castigare, casticare, castigaiSardinian
- kȁzniti, ка̏знитиSerbo-Croatian
- trestať, potrestaťSlovak
- kaznovatiSlovene
- straffaSwedish
- శిక్షించుTelugu
- покара́ти, нака́зувати, наказа́ти, кара́тиUkrainian
- trừng phạt, phạtVietnamese
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