Translations for „punishing“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . pun·ish·ing [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ] ADJ attr fig

1. punishing (heavy):

punishing pace, workload

Mords-

punishing pace, workload

mörderisch fig inf

punishing blow

Mordsschlag m

punishing storms

mörderische Stürme

2. punishing (brutal):

punishing

mörderisch fig inf

punishing

gnadenlos

punishing air strikes

gnadenlose Luftangriffe

3. punishing (tough):

punishing

hart

punishing

schwer

punishing

anstrengend

a punishing schedule

ein anstrengender [o. alle Kräfte beanspruchender] Terminplan

a punishing race

ein schweres [o. hartes] Rennen

II . pun·ish·ing [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ] N

punishing TECH (severe handling)

starke [o. harte] Beanspruchung

punishing TECH (severe handling)

Strapazierung f

punishing (rough treatment)

Malträtierung f

to take a punishing device, equipment

stark beansprucht werden

to take a punishing (be damaged)

malträtiert [o. inf ramponiert] werden

to take a punishing (be damaged)

leiden [müssen] fig

to take a punishing boxer

Prügel beziehen fig inf

to take a punishing boxer

eine Packung kriegen fig inf

pun·ish [ˈpʌnɪʃ] VB trans

1. punish (penalize):

to punish sb

jdn bestrafen [o. form strafen]

to punish sth crime, offence

etw bestrafen [o. form ahnden]

murder, in some states, can be punished with the death penalty

auf Mord steht in manchen Staaten die Todesstrafe

to punish sb heavily/severely

jdn hart/streng bestrafen

to punish sb with a fine

jdn mit einer Geldstrafe belegen

2. punish (treat roughly):

to punish sb/sth

jdn/etw strapazieren [o. stark beanspruchen] [o. fig arg mitnehmen]

(treat badly) to punish sb

jdn malträtieren

to punish sb in a fight

jdn übel zurichten

to punish sth

etw malträtieren [o. inf ramponieren]

3. punish (exert oneself):

to punish oneself

sich acc [ab]quälen [o. [ab]schinden]

4. punish fig inf (consume):

to punish sth food

etw verputzen [o. wegputzen] fig inf

to punish sth drink

etw zischen [o. A runterkippen] fig inf

to punish a beer

ein Bier zischen [o. inf runterkippen]

to punish a bottle of whisky

eine Flasche Whisky köpfen fig inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

punishing storms

mörderische Stürme

punishing blow

Mordsschlag m

to take a punishing (be damaged)

malträtiert [o. inf ramponiert] werden

punishing air strikes

gnadenlose Luftangriffe

a punishing race

ein schweres [o. hartes] Rennen

a punishing schedule

ein anstrengender [o. alle Kräfte beanspruchender] Terminplan

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

What a wonderful tonic to be exposed to bright sunshine, drenching rain, choking dust, dripping fog, rigid air, punishing winds!

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After many years of punishing her heart and waiting for him, she now finds it hard to accept his wish of coming back to her.

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Their dresses were hardly enough to keep the conscripts warm during the army's punishing, many-week-long marches.

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The high gravity environment, combined with the punishing mining conditions eventually changed their morphology.

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Services that the racketeers may offer may include the recovery of stolen property or punishing vandals.

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In addition, some things that are aversive may not be punishing if accompanying changes are reinforcing.

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But if they take their kids to a theater, they'll be punishing themselves.

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It is therefore necessary, as every white scoundrel in the nation knows, to let slip no opportunity of punishing this crime of crimes.

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This was enforced through state policies of rewarding publications that published acceptable content and punishing those that did not.

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The police commander was in charge of suppressing revolts and punishing villages which dropped below the quota.

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