0 in a way that is very difficult to do or cope with, or makes you feel very tired:
a punishingly heavy workload
Instead of gaining momentum, the saga turns punishingly dull.
The month of January was punishingly cold.
Punishingly hard work and financial instability took its toll.
Our property taxes are punishingly high.
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
punishingly