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Detailed Synonyms for punish in English

punish:

to punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)

  1. to punish
    to punish; to castigate; to chasten; to chastise
    • punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • chasten verb (chastens, chastened, chastening)
    • chastise verb (chastises, chastised, chastising)
  2. to punish
    to penalize; to inflict disciplinary punishment; to punish; to reprimand; to rebuke; to penalise
    • penalize verb, American (penalizes, penalized, penalizing)
    • inflict disciplinary punishment verb (inflicts disciplinary punishment, inflicted disciplinary punishment, inflicting disciplinary punishment)
    • punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)
    • reprimand verb (reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding)
    • rebuke verb (rebukes, rebuked, rebuking)
    • penalise verb, British
  3. to punish
    to chastise; to discipline; to punish
    • chastise verb (chastises, chastised, chastising)
    • discipline verb (disciplines, disciplined, disciplining)
    • punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)
  4. to punish
    – impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on 1
    to punish; to penalize; penalise
    – impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on 1
    • punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)
      • we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again1
    • penalize verb, American (penalizes, penalized, penalizing)
      • The students were penalized for showing up late for class1
    • penalise verb, British

Conjugations for punish:

present
  1. punish
  2. punish
  3. punishes
  4. punish
  5. punish
  6. punish
simple past
  1. punished
  2. punished
  3. punished
  4. punished
  5. punished
  6. punished
present perfect
  1. have punished
  2. have punished
  3. has punished
  4. have punished
  5. have punished
  6. have punished
past continuous
  1. was punishing
  2. were punishing
  3. was punishing
  4. were punishing
  5. were punishing
  6. were punishing
future
  1. shall punish
  2. will punish
  3. will punish
  4. shall punish
  5. will punish
  6. will punish
continuous present
  1. am punishing
  2. are punishing
  3. is punishing
  4. are punishing
  5. are punishing
  6. are punishing
subjunctive
  1. be punished
  2. be punished
  3. be punished
  4. be punished
  5. be punished
  6. be punished
diverse
  1. punish!
  2. let's punish!
  3. punished
  4. punishing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

punish adj

  1. punish

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Related Definitions for "punish":

  1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on1
    • we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again1