Punished
Punished adjective - Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience).
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Synonyms for Punished
Scorned and punished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scorned" instead a verb "Punished".
Both words in one sentence
- Lampshaded on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Anya, a vengeance demon who punished unfaithful men, when she finally muses out loud that in all her years granting wishes to scorned women they were often just as much to blame for the messes they found themselves in.
Source: The Unfair Sex
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