English-Thai Dictionary

punitive

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ ลงโทษ  punitory vindictive kiao-kab-kan-long-tod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUNITIVE

a.Awarding or inflicting punishment; that punishes; as punitive law or justice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUNITIVE

PUNITIVE Pu "ni *tive, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice. If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. I. Taylor. We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. Bagehot.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

punitive

pu ni tive |ˈpyo͞onətiv ˈpjunədɪv | ▶adjective inflicting or intended as punishment: he called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc. • (of a tax or other charge ) extremely high: a current punitive interest rate of 31.3 \%. DERIVATIVES pu ni tive ly adverb, pu ni tive ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French punitif, -ive or medieval Latin punitivus, from Latin punit- ‘punished, ’ from the verb punire (see punish ).

 

punitive damages

pu ni tive damages ▶plural noun Law damages exceeding simple compensation and awarded to punish the defendant.

 

Oxford Dictionary

punitive

punitive |ˈpjuːnɪtɪv |(also punitory |-t (ə )ri |) ▶adjective inflicting or intended as punishment: he called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc. • (of a tax or other charge ) extremely high: a current punitive interest rate of 31.3 per cent. DERIVATIVES punitively adverb, punitiveness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French punitif, -ive or medieval Latin punitivus, from Latin punit- ‘punished ’, from the verb punire (see punish ).

 

punitive damages

pu ¦ni |tive dam |ages ▶plural noun Law damages exceeding simple compensation and awarded to punish the defendant.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

punitive

punitive adjective 1 punitive measures: penal, disciplinary, corrective, correctional, retributive. 2 punitive taxes: harsh, severe, stiff, stringent, burdensome, demanding, crushing, crippling; high, sky-high, inflated, exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, inordinate, unreasonable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

punitive

punitive adjective 1 truancy rates would decline if tougher punitive measures against parents were taken: penal, disciplinary, corrective, correctional, retributive; in retaliation, in reprisal; rare penitentiary, punitory, castigatory. 2 the government plans to announce punitive taxes on imports: harsh, severe, stiff, austere, cruel, savage, stringent, burdensome, demanding, draconian, drastic, swingeing, crushing, crippling; high, sky-high, inflated, exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, outrageous, inordinate, iniquitous, immoderate, unreasonable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

punitive

pu ni tive /pjúːnətɪv /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗1 刑罰 [懲罰 ]の .2 きびしい, 過酷な 〈税金など 〉.