Punishing
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Punishing" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 10 crossword solutions for Punishing.

We most recently saw this clue in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 3 Dec 2021

Crossword Answers

4 letters

HARD
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

5 letters

HEAVY
A serious (or tragic) role in a play

PENAL
Subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"

7 letters

OPEROSE
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

ARDUOUS
Difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

8 letters

TOILSOME
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

GRUELING
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

9 letters

GRUELLING
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

LABORIOUS
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

12 letters

BACKBREAKING
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"