Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to punish
Participle: punished
Gerund: punishing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | punish |
| you | punish |
| he;she;it | punishes |
| we | punish |
| you | punish |
| they | punish |
Perfect
| I | have punished |
| you | have punished |
| he;she;it | has punished |
| we | have punished |
| you | have punished |
| they | have punished |
Past
| I | punished |
| you | punished |
| he;she;it | punished |
| we | punished |
| you | punished |
| they | punished |
Pluperfect
| I | had punished |
| you | had punished |
| he;she;it | had punished |
| we | had punished |
| you | had punished |
| they | had punished |
Future
| I | will punish |
| you | will punish |
| he;she;it | will punish |
| we | will punish |
| you | will punish |
| they | will punish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have punished |
| you | will have punished |
| he;she;it | will have punished |
| we | will have punished |
| you | will have punished |
| they | will have punished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | punish |
| you | punish |
| he;she;it | punish |
| we | punish |
| you | punish |
| they | punish |
Perfect
| I | have punished |
| you | have punished |
| he;she;it | have punished |
| we | have punished |
| you | have punished |
| they | have punished |
Imperfect
| I | punished |
| you | punished |
| he;she;it | punished |
| we | punished |
| you | punished |
| they | punished |
Pluperfect
| I | had punished |
| you | had punished |
| he;she;it | had punished |
| we | had punished |
| you | had punished |
| they | had punished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would punish |
| you | would punish |
| he;she;it | would punish |
| we | would punish |
| you | would punish |
| they | would punish |
Perfect
| I | would have punished |
| you | would have punished |
| he;she;it | would have punished |
| we | would have punished |
| you | would have punished |
| they | would have punished |
Imperative
| you | punish |
| we | Let's punish |
| you | punish |
Verbs conjugated like 'punish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'punish'
banish,
burnish,
finish,
furnish,
linish,
minish,
monish,
parish,
perish,
phish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- discipline
- castigate, correct, fine, smite, trounce, penalize, reprove
- chastise
- torture, berate, keelhaul, beat, castigate, chasten, flog, lash
Antonyms
- discipline
- disorder, disorganization, confusion, derangement
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, from O.Fr.
puniss-, extended prp. stem of
punir "to punish," from L.
punire "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.
Punishing "hard-hitting" is from 1811.
2. From Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of punir, from Latin puniō (“to inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”); see pain. Displaced Old English wītnian and (mostly, in this sense) wrecan. See: Latin '
puniō'.
Verbs referencing "punish"
English
telish.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Clare. He talks the strangest stuff. He says we have made them what they are, and ought to bear with them. He says their faults are all owing to us, and that it would be cruel to make the fault and punish it too. He says we shouldn't do any better, in their place; just as if one could reason from them to us, you know. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] day maintained upon the bench that estimable judge who charged the jury, impanelled there to try his murderers, that their most horrid deed was an act of public opinion, and being so, must not be punished by the laws the public sentiment had made. Public opinion hailed this doctrine with a howl of wild applause, and set the prisoners free, to walk the city, men of mark, and influence, and station, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] I wouldn't have the child treated so, for the world, ” she said; “ but, I am sure, Augustine, I don't know what to do. I 've taught and taught; I 've talked till I 'm tired; I 've whipped her; I 've punished her in every way I can think of, and she's just what she was at first. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ But could not you punish her some other way,—some way that would be less shameful ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)