| punic | (adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous |
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| punily | (adverb) in a puny manner | - |
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| puniness | (noun) smallness of stature | Synonyms: runtiness, stuntedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: pettiness, slightness, triviality |
| punish | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, penalize |
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| punishable | (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment | - |
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| (adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: penal |
| punished | (adjective) subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) | - |
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| punishing | (adjective) resulting in punishment | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome |
| punishingly | (adverb) in a punishing manner | - |
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| punishment | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty |
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| punitive | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitory |
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| punitively | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitorily |
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| punitorily | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitively |
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| punitory | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitive |
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