Word: punished
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pu
nished
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of punish; impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Morphemes:
Affix: punish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: puniō
Language: la
Decoded: punio
Meaning: to inflict punishment upon
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.