Definitions For Punish

verb

  • Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
  • To make (someone) suffer for a crime or for bad behavior
  • To make someone suffer for (a crime or bad behavior)
  • To treat (someone or something) severely or roughly

Is Punish a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Punish is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Punish in a Sentence

  • I think that murderers should be punished by life imprisonment.
  • She was punished for lying.
  • His parents punished him by taking away his allowance.

Synonyms for Punish

Antonyms for Punish

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