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castigate
Synonyms and Antonyms of castigate
1
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove
abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate
lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task
2
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into
3
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
Synonym Discussion of castigate
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- punished for stealing
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- chastised his son for neglecting his studies
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- an editorial castigating the entire city council
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- chastened by a landslide election defeat
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- parents must discipline their children
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- the function of prison is to correct the wrongdoer
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