Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punishingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pun-ish-ing-ness
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being punishing.

Uncountable

Etymology

From punishing + -ness.

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Questions

What does punishingness mean?
Quality of being punishing.
Where does punishingness come from?
From punishing + -ness.

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