PUNISHING
Scrabble letter values: P3U1N1I1S1H4I1N1G2 = 15
Definition
- adjective resulting in punishment.
- adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion. — synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose
Examples
- “the king imposed a punishing tax”
- “especially physical effort”
- “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”