punish
pronunciation
How to pronounce punish in British English:
UK [ˈpʌnɪʃ]
How to pronounce punish in American English:
US [ˈpʌnɪʃ]
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- Verb:
- impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Word Origin
- punish
- punish: [14] Latin pūnīre ‘punish’ was derived from the noun poena ‘penalty, punishment’ (source of English pain). It passed into Old French as punir, whose stem puniss- gave English punish. A derivative of pūnīre was pūnitīvus ‘inflicting punishment’, which has given English punitive [17].=> pain
- punish (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French puniss-, extended present participle stem of punir "to punish," from Latin punire "punish, correct, chastise; take vengeance for; inflict a penalty on, cause pain for some offense," earlier poenire, from poena "penalty, punishment" (see penal). Colloquial meaning "to inflict heavy damage or loss" is first recorded 1801, originally in boxing. Related: Punished; punishing.
Synonym
Example
- 1. And don 't fear the myth that investors will punish you .
- 2. Do not punish yourself after a slip or relapse .
- 3. It also means it is hard to punish countries that run slack fiscal policies .
- 4. Harness the eu 's institutions to punish profligacy and excess .
- 5. We will eliminate the root causes of corruption and punish particular officials .