Antonyms for rewarding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-wawr-ding

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈwɔr dɪŋ

Definition of rewarding

Origin : mid-14c., "a regarding, heeding, observation," from Anglo-French and Old North French reward, back-formation from rewarder (see reward (v.)). Meaning "repayment for some service" is from late 14c. Sense of "sum of money in exchange for capture" is from 1590s.

adj beneficial, pleasing

Example sentences :

Then Nuflo would rejoice and feast, rewarding them with the skin, bones, and entrails.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

And then how amply rewarded, and rewarding, by the rapture-causing return!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The marchioness assented, rewarding Chiaccheri with a smile, but I could not do so.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

But, seems to me, mother, that that would be rewarding him for being a naughty boy.
Extract from : « Rollo's Experiments » by Jacob Abbott

You might think you were rewarding her by marrying her; but you'll find your mistake.
Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand

They are doing all this for us, and how are we rewarding them?
Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders

We confess we have no notion of rewarding an opponent for his oversights.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850 » by Various

The profits in a pecuniary way may be inconsiderable, but the pleasures are rewarding.
Extract from : « Concord Days » by A. Bronson Alcott

The ways of rewarding the priests also differed with the two peoples.
Extract from : « Archology and the Bible » by George A. Barton

By making them do the hardest labour, and then rewarding them with cruelties.
Extract from : « Our Little Porto Rican Cousin » by Mary Hazelton Wade

Synonyms for rewarding

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