Word: punishings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pu
ni
shings
Definition: Plural of punishing; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.