adjective
Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment
Synonyms: grueling, punitive, hard, disciplinary, brutal, arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, punitory, heavy, tough, laborious, operose, toilsome
verb
Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Synonyms: penalizing, disciplining, scolding, correcting, flogging, spanking, chastising, whipping, dismissing, torturing, incarcerating, fixing, striking, grounding, fining, licking, blackballing, blacklisting, castigating, cuffing, switching, revenging, retaliating, trouncing, thrashing, sentencing, paddling, hurting, smiting, chastening, flagellating, electrocuting, hanging, beheading, excommunicating, exiling, executing, expelling, immuring, consuming, lecturing, reproving, training, avenging, admonishing, abusing
Antonyms: rewarding, pardoning, praising, awarding, exonerating