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What is "castigate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does castigate mean in English? Meaning of castigate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "castigate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "castigate": censure severely

Verb

  • Meaning: censure severely
  • Example: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
  • Synonyms: castigate chasten chastise correct objurgate
  • Hyponyms: flame
  • Hypernyms: bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold take to task trounce

    • Meaning of "castigate": inflict severe punishment on

    Verb

  • Meaning: inflict severe punishment on
  • Synonyms: castigate
  • Hypernyms: penalise penalize punish
  • Adjective: To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely. 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261: The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261: The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.To revise or make corrections to a publication.

    • Synonyms:

    penalize, criticize, pummel, chastise, excoriate, scold, censure, berate, upbraid, lambaste, rebuke, reprimand, lash, punish, flog, blister, discipline, cane, chasten, scourge, beat, flay, drub, rail, baste, scarify, rate, scorch, ream, thrash, correct, whip, bawl out, chew out, come down on, dress down, lay out, scathe, drag over the coals, lean on, read the riot act, tongue-lash, jump down one's throat,

    Antonyms:

    forgive, reward, compliment, laud, praise, exonerate, aid, assist, guard, protect, surrender, approve, flatter, help, lose,

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