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punishingness

punishingness noun: quality of being punishing.

Noun

punishingness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being punishing.

Origin of punishingness

From punishing + -ness.

Questions about punishingness

What does punishingness mean?
Punishingness means quality of being punishing.
What part of speech is punishingness?
Punishingness is a noun.

Words near punishingness in the dictionary

  1. punishes
  2. punishest
  3. punisheth
  4. punishing
  5. punishingly
  6. punishingness
  7. punishings
  8. punishment
  9. punishment pass
  10. punishmental
  11. punishments

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