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Punish

Punish is a 6 letter word, used as a verb, a compound word, with Middle English origins, and has the letters hinpsu (hinpsu). Starts with p, ends with h, four consonants, two vowels and two syllables.

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6 Letters
4 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use punish as a verb in a sentence.
About Punish
A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters h, i, n, p, s, and u, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ni. Punish starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pu, pun, puni, punis, and the ending characters are h, sh, ish, nish, unish, ..
Definition
Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
Compound Words
A compound word, punish has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are pun, and ish.
Scrabble
Is punish a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Punish in Pig Latin is said as "unishpay or unishpway".
Unigram
p | u | n | i | s | h
Bigram
pu | un | ni | is | sh
Trigram
pun | uni | nis | ish
Quadrigram
puni | unis | nish
Word Gram

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Punish"

There are 271 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to punish.

SynonymDefinition
Abusecruel or inhumane treatment
Acquitpronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
Admonishtake to task
"He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
Agonisesuffer agony or anguish
Agonizesuffer agony or anguish
Amercepunish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
Amercementmoney extracted as a penalty
Anathematisecurse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Anathematizecurse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Anathemisecurse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

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Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from punish.
Anagram Definition
Punishimpose a penalty on
inflict punishment on
"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"
"we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Unship

View English words with the unique letters used in punish. Words With The Letters Hinpsu

Derives

Punish derives from 4 words.
Word Definition
Penalisationthe act of punishing
Penalizationthe act of punishing
Penaltythe act of punishing
Punishmentthe act of punishing

Entails

There are 5 words that punish entails, or helps give meaning to.
Word Definition
Approximatejudge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
Estimatea judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
"many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"
"in my estimation the boy is innocent"
Gaugea measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Guessan estimate based on little or no information
Judgean authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Hyponyms

There are 15 hyponyms for punish
Word Definition
Amercepunish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
Avengetake revenge for a perceived wrong;
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Castigatecensure severely;
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
Correcttreat a defect;
"The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
Disciplinetraining to improve strength or self-control
Executesign in the presence of witnesses;
"The President executed the treaty"
Pillorya wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands;
offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
Put To Death
Retaliatemake a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil;
"The Empire strikes back";
"The Giants struck back and won the opener";
"The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
Revengeaction taken in return for an injury or offense

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word punish.

Is punish a scrabble word or can you use punish in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 344923 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 237091 games. This 6 letter 11 point scrabble word can be rearranged 720 ways. What other words can be made with the letters h, i, n, p, s, and u? There's 8 with 8 letters or less with the letters h, i, n, p, s, and u. Here is a list of 8 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Pushing (7 letters) 13 +2 16 +3 pushing
Pushpin (7 letters) 14 +3 17 +4 pushpin
Shine Up (8 letters)
Punish (6 letters) 11 13 punish
Punished (8 letters) 14 +3 16 +3 punished
Push In (7 letters)
Shin Up (7 letters)
Unship (6 letters) 11 13 punish

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