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31 entries under adjective topic. ×
| punishing(hard, difficult, complex, punishment) | |
| oppressive(hard, difficult, complex) | |
| severe(hard, difficult, complex) | |
| punitive(punishment, disciplinary) | |
| corrective(healing, disciplinary, curing) | |
| punitory(punishment, punishing, disciplinary, punitive) | |
| punishable | |
| retributive | |
| correctional(punishing, disciplinary) | |
| disciplinary(healing, helpful, restorative, remedial) | |
| criminal | |
| chastening | |
| retaliatory(punishing, disciplinary) | |
| concerning punishment(expression, punishing, disciplinary) | |
| felonious | |
| in reprisal(expression, idiom, punishing, disciplinary) | |
| penalizing | |
| reformatory | |
| vindicatory | |
| castigating(punishing, disciplinary) |
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