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punished

SayPUN-isht/ˈpʌnɪʃt/

2 meanings of punished

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of punish. Use this when talking about giving someone a penalty in the past.

    The teacher punished the whole class for the noise.

    He was punished for breaking the rules.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Having been given a penalty for doing something wrong.

    The punished boy sat quietly in the corner.

    A punished player must leave the field at once.

    Similarpenalized, disciplined, chastised

    Oppositepardoned, unpunished

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punished is a form of punish

punish, verb: To make someone suffer or lose something because they did something wrong. Full entry

Forms
punishpunishes he/she/itpunishing -ing formpunished past tense, past participle
Spelling
punish → punished: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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