Synonyms of punishing
- 1 Syllable
- hard
- 2 Syllables
- grueling, brutal, taxing, penal, hitting, arduous, whacking
- 3 Syllables
- torturous, backbreaking
- 4 Syllables
- unabated, excruciating, punitive, correctional
- 5 Syllables
- retributive, torturesome, retaliatory, retaliative, disciplinary