punished

US: /ˈpənɪʃt/
UK: /pˈʌnɪʃt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


punish /'pʌniʃ/
  • ngoại động từ
    • phạt, trừng phạt, trừng trị
    • (thông tục) cho (đối phương) ăn đòn nặng (đánh quyền Anh); làm nhoài, làm kiệt sức (đối thủ) (trong cuộc chạy đua...)
    • (thông tục) ăn nhiều, ăn lấy ăn để (thức ăn)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) hành hạ, ngược đãi

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 penalize, chastise, castigate, discipline, chasten, scold, rebuke, take to task, reprove, dress down, admonish, correct, teach someone a lesson, give a lesson to, throw the book at, rap (someone's) knuckles, slap (someone's) wrist, have or US call on the carpet, Colloq take it out on (someone):
A child's first taste of injustice is being punished for something she did not do
2 imprison, jail or Brit also gaol, incarcerate, lock up; fine, mulct, amerce; lash, flog, beat, scourge, spank, whip, cane, birch, put across or US also turn over (one's) knee, US paddle; pillory, crucify; tar and feather, exile, banish, excommunicate, cashier, drum out of the corps; hang, execute, electrocute, draw and quarter, send to the gas chamber, Colloq put away, Slang Brit send down, US send up:
They were punished for their crimes.
3 hurt, harm, injure, damage, abuse, maltreat, rough up, knock about or around, maul, thrash, beat, trounce, manhandle, batter, Slang beat up:
The challenger punished the champion so badly that he could not come out for the tenth round.

Concise English dictionary


punishes|punished|punishing'pʌnɪʃ
verb
+impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on