Synonyms for fustigate
Definitions
- v. 1
To hit someone with a club.
- v. 2
To harshly criticize someone.
Related words
- Word family
- fustigation
Forms
- Past participle
- fustigated
e.g. fustigated → cudgeled, birched, thrashed, castigated…
Example sentences
- birch There was a birch tree in our garden, but it died.
- thrash If we don't get home now, your dad will thrash you!
- cudgel The ogre brandished a crude cudgel.
- denounce The alterglobalists denounce growing inequalities.
- castigate Don't castigate me. I haven't done anything wrong.
- whip I'm sure you'll whip us up something really good.
By length
- 4 letters
- whip1
- 5 letters
- birch1
- 6 letters
- thrash1, berate2, cudgel2
- 8 letters
- denounce2
- 9 letters
- castigate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (berate2 = 2 syllables).