punishing
/ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ adjetivo C2En español: agotador, extenuante, duro
- That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
- Debilitating, harsh. · a punishing blow
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Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
The Horse, desiring to revenge himself on the stranger, asked a man if he were willing to help him in punishing the Stag.
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