punishing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for punishing in the English»French Dictionary

I.punishing [Brit ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ, Am ˈpənəʃɪŋ] N (act)

punishing

punition f

to take a punishing inf opponent, team:

prendre une raclée inf

to take a punishing inf opponent, team:

se faire dérouiller inf

II.punishing [Brit ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ, Am ˈpənəʃɪŋ] ADJ

punishing schedule, pace

éprouvant

punishing defeat

cuisant

punish [Brit ˈpʌnɪʃ, Am ˈpənɪʃ] VB trans

1. punish person, crime:

punish

punir

to punish sb for sth/for doing

punir qn de qc/pour avoir fait

a crime punished by death

un crime puni de mort

2. punish (treat roughly) inf:

punish opponent

malmener

punish car, horse

fatiguer, ne pas ménager

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harshly punish, condemn

sévèrement

undeservedly blame, punish

injustement

pitilessly beat, punish, tease

impitoyablement

severely treat, speak, punish

sévèrement

Translations for punishing in the French»English Dictionary

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infliger un châtiment à qn

to punish sb

châtier fautif, criminel

to punish

châtier faute, délit

to punish

châtier qn pour son insolence, châtier l'insolence de qn

to punish sb for his/her insolence

mettre qn en pénitence

to punish sb

donner ou infliger une punition à qn

to punish sb

punishing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for punishing in the English»French Dictionary

I.punishing ADJ

1. punishing (difficult):

punishing

dur(e)

2. punishing (trying):

punishing

épuisant(e)

II.punishing N

punishing

punition f

punish [ˈpʌn·ɪʃ] VB trans

1. punish (penalize):

punish

punir

to punish sb with a fine

frapper qn d'une amende

to punish sb with imprisonment

punir qn d'une peine d'emprisonnement

2. punish (treat badly):

punish

malmener

to punish oneself

se malmener

Translations for punishing in the French»English Dictionary

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sanctionner (punir)

to punish

sanctionner

to punish

pénaliser

to punish

punir qn d'une peine d'emprisonnement

to punish sb with a prison sentence

infliger un châtiment à qn

to punish sb

nous nous punissons

we're punishing ourselves

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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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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Our final decision was informed by what audiences found the most satisfying after watching a really punishing film.

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Punishing is exercised, even at a cost, and in most experiments it leads to greater group cooperation.

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

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Additionally, tonsure can be used for punishing people for severe crimes.

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Bid rigging fraud by auction houses can be resisted by bidders who no longer bid, punishing crooked auction houses.

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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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On a similar theme objections are made against the perceived injustice of punishing a person for all eternity for a temporal crime.

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