Synonyms for castigate
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Verb
1. Chastise — to punish or reprimand someone severely
chastise, excoriate, criticize UK US, criticise UK, punish, berate, lambast UK, lamblast US, condemn, correct, scold, rebuke, lash, tell off, penalize, penalise UK, censure, reprimand, trounce, slam, get down, come down on, beat, discipline, dress down
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Definitions
- v. 1
To punish or reprimand someone severely.
Related words
- Word family
- castigator castigatory
Forms
- Past participle
- castigated
e.g. castigated → chastised, excoriated, criticized, punished…
Choose the right word
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- punish People punish petty thieves but love big thieves.
- chastise Be patient, God will chastise you and you'll understand!
- berate If you berate me like that again, I will quit.
- revise The reason I got a bad mark is that I didn't revise.
By length
- 4 letters
- beat1, slam1, lash1
- 5 letters
- scold1
- 6 letters
- punish2, revise2, rebuke2, berate2
- 7 letters
- correct2, condemn2, censure2, trounce1, lambast
- 8 letters
- penalize3, chastise2, penalise, lamblast
- 9 letters
- criticize3, criticise, reprimand3, excoriate4
- 10 letters
- discipline3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (punish2 = 2 syllables).