Definition of Punished

1. 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).

Similar to: Tarred-and-feathered
Antonyms: Unpunished

Definition of Punished

1. Verb. (past of ''punish'') ¹

2. Adjective. That has been the object of punishment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Punished

1. punish [v] - See also: punish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punished

punicic acid
punier
punies
puniest
punily
punim
punims
puniness
puninesses
punish
punishabilities
punishability
punishable
punishableness
punishably
punished (current term)
punishee
punishees
punisher
punishers
punishes
punishing
punishingly
punishment
punishments
punisht
punition
punitions
punitive
punitive damages

Literary usage of Punished

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"APPENDIX C FRATRICIDE punished MOST of our information respecting the ... The following facts bear upon the relations of Fratricide punished to our Hamlet. ..."

2. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... and the owner punished according to the act of common- council, and that the dogs be killed by the dog-killers appointed for that purpose. ..."

3. The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1904)
"The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished? The next point in importance was that of the punishment of offenders. The half-dozen specific ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"How is the offence of pretended prophecy punished by statute б Eliz. c. 15? 149. ... What is smuggling ; and how is it punished by statute 19 Geo. II. c. ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1860)
"How is breach of prison by the offender himself punished by the statute de ... What is theft-bole, and how is it punished ; and what is enacted by statute ..."

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