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castigate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate |
| Type of | trounce, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, reprimand, scold, take to task, bawl out, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate |
| Has types | flame |
| Derivation | castigation |
Examples of castigate
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Why should you not castigate your suppliers if they do not understand gibberish?
From the guardian.co.uk
Arrogant bureaucrats from the city and FBI castigate him for breaking protocol.
From the npr.org
People castigate Gov. Mark Sanford for not taking Washington's stimulus money.
From the thestate.com
The youth also can empathize with those who castigate the Bush administration.
From the edition.cnn.com
It's unfair to castigate Williams for leading the opposition, said state Sen.
From the kentucky.com
Given such factors, it would be unrealistic to castigate United for lacking rhythm.
From the guardian.co.uk
No, Mr. Di Stefano, I do not look to castigate those who are trying to help.
From the washingtontimes.com
Wishing the organisation ill, they are using him as a means to castigate it.
From the economist.com
Yet despite all this, lets go ahead and castigate the Supreme Court decision anyway.
From the economist.com
- Chastise: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
- Inflict severe punishment on
- (castigation) a severe scolding
- Les Chu00E2timents ("Castigations") is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo that fiercely attack the grandeur of Napolu00E9on III's Second Empire.
- To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely; To revise or make corrections to a publication
- (castigation) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism; Emendation; correction
- (Castigated) In this instance, Joe uses it to mean: to criticize severely. Example: The ex-champ Niida, who returned to the ring warfare after a 23-month layoff since his severely castigated relinquishment, made a good start as he connected with his trade-mark left hooks and solid rights to the ...
- To correct with punishment
