What does outpunish mean?
Outpunish means (transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing..
But if the threat is merely unpleasant rather than painful, the first person may increase the intensity of his or her negative acts too, trying as it were to outpunish the punisher.
Use outpunish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outpunish means (transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But if the threat is merely unpleasant rather than painful, the first person may increase the intensity of his or her negative acts too, trying as it were to outpunish the punisher.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.