Punish - English meaning

Punish – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.
Usage examples:
I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it
Synonims:
Penalize Discipline Mete out punishment to Bring someone to book Teach someone a lesson Make an example of Tan/whip someone's hide Get Scalp Murder Wallop Thump Give it to someone Throw the b

verb
To cause people who have done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer by making them do something they don’t want to do or sending them to prison
Usage examples:
She was punished for being late to school., swimming in the potomac is punishable by a fine., [ c ]…

Punish translation into English

Punish: translate from English into Chinese

惩治, 惩罚, 罚, 诛, 惩处, 处罚, 惩, 惩办, 处分, 惩戒, 治, 处置, 办罪, 责, 咎, 惩艾

Punish: translate from English into Dutch

Straffen, Bestraffen, Afstraffen, Kastijden, Toetakelen, Verbeteren, Ranselen

Punish: translate from English into French

Punir, Malmener, Fatiguer, Faire honneur à

Punish: translate from English into German

Bestrafen, Strafen, Ahnden, Quälen, Strapazieren, Schinden, Vorführen, Zusetzen, Vergattern

Punish: translate from English into Hindi

सज़ा देना, दंड देना, कष्ट पहुंचाना, ताड़ना करना

Punish: translate from English into Italian

Punire, Castigare, Mettere a dura prova

Punish: translate from English into Korean

벌하다, 사람을 벌하다, 죄를 벌하다, 혼내주다, 상대방을 혼내주다, 처벌하다, 징벌하다

Punish: translate from English into Russian

Наказывать, Наказать, Карать, Расправляться, Налагать взыскание, Задать перцу, Навалиться на еду, Грубо обращаться, Причинять повреждения, Наносить удары, Много есть

Punish: translate from English into Spanish

Castigar, Maltratar, Dar una paliza de, Zamparse

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French puniss-, lengthened stem of punir ‘punish’, from Latin punire, from poena ‘penalty’.

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Punish – similar words

punishably

adverb
In a manner deserving or inviting punishment; to a punishable degree.

Punishably - all meanings in English

punishable

adjective
(of an act) subject to a judicial punishment.
Usage examples:
A criminal offence punishable by up to three years in jail

Punishable - all meanings in English

punishability

noun
The fact or quality of being punishable.

Punishability - all meanings in English

Punish synonims

discipline

noun
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
Usage examples:
A lack of proper parental and school discipline

verb
Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.
Usage examples:
Many parents have been afraid to discipline their children

noun
Training that produces obedience or self-control, often in the form of rules and punishments if these are broken, or the obedience or self-control produced by this training
Usage examples:
Military discipline, learning a foreign language requires discipline., an academic discipline, he w…

Discipline - all meanings in English

get

verb
Come to have (something); receive.
Usage examples:
I got a letter from him the other day

noun
See have.

verb
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Get - all meanings in English

murder

noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Usage examples:
The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb
Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
Usage examples:
He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

Murder - all meanings in English

penalize

verb
Subject to a penalty or punishment.
Usage examples:
High-spending councils will be penalized

verb
To punish someone, esp. for breaking the law or a rule
Usage examples:
The new law penalizes the taxpayers who can least afford to pay., boone was penalized for unnecessa…

verb
To treat someone or something in a way that gives them a disadvantage
Usage examples:
The current tax system penalizes people on low incomes., the stock was penalized because wall stree…

Penalize - all meanings in English

scalp

noun
The skin covering the head, excluding the face.
Usage examples:
Hair tonics will improve the condition of your hair and scalp

verb
Take the scalp of (an enemy) as a battle trophy.
Usage examples:
None of the soldiers were scalped

noun
The skin on the top of the head where the hair grows
Usage examples:
His hair was cut so short you could see his scalp.

Scalp - all meanings in English

thump

verb
Hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement.
Usage examples:
Holman thumped the desk with his hand

noun
A dull, heavy blow with a person's fist or a blunt implement.
Usage examples:
I felt a thump on my back

verb
To hit something, making a soft, heavy noise
Usage examples:
[ t ] he thumped his chest., i heard a thump upstairs.

Thump - all meanings in English

wallop

verb
Strike or hit very hard.
Usage examples:
They walloped the back of his head with a stick

noun
A heavy blow or punch.
Usage examples:
I gave it a wallop with my boot

Wallop - all meanings in English

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