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Detailed Synonyms for castigate in English

castigate:

to castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)

  1. to castigate
    to punish; to castigate; to chasten; to chastise
    • punish verb (punishes, punished, punishing)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • chasten verb (chastens, chastened, chastening)
    • chastise verb (chastises, chastised, chastising)
  2. to castigate
    to decry; to castigate; to criticize; to censure; to criticise
    • decry verb (decries, decried, decrying)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • criticize verb, American (criticizes, criticized, criticizing)
    • censure verb (censures, censured, censuring)
    • criticise verb, British
  3. to castigate
    to warn; to reprimand; to admonish; to denounce; to reprove; to decry; to castigate; to rebuke; to blame; to exhort; to scarify
    • warn verb (warns, warned, warning)
    • reprimand verb (reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding)
    • admonish verb (admonishes, admonished, admonishing)
    • denounce verb (denounces, denounced, denouncing)
    • reprove verb (reproves, reproved, reproving)
    • decry verb (decries, decried, decrying)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • rebuke verb (rebukes, rebuked, rebuking)
    • blame verb (blames, blamed, blaming)
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • scarify verb (scarifies, scarified, scarifying)
  4. to castigate
    to whip; to rack; to trounce; to lash; to beat up; to flog; to castigate; to whack; to drub
    • whip verb (whips, whipped, whipping)
    • rack verb (racks, racked, racking)
    • trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
    • lash verb (lashes, lashed, lashing)
    • beat up verb (beats up, beated up, beating up)
    • flog verb (flogs, flogged, flogging to)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • whack verb (whacks, whacked, whacking)
    • drub verb (drubs, drubbed, drubbing)
  5. to castigate
    to denounce; to decry; to castigate
    • denounce verb (denounces, denounced, denouncing)
    • decry verb (decries, decried, decrying)
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
  6. to castigate
    – censure severely 1
    to correct; to chastise; to castigate; to chasten; objurgate
    – censure severely 1
    • correct verb (corrects, corrected, correcting)
    • chastise verb (chastises, chastised, chastising)
      • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks1
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)
    • chasten verb (chastens, chastened, chastening)
    • objurgate verb
  7. to castigate
    – inflict severe punishment on 1
    to castigate
    – inflict severe punishment on 1
    • castigate verb (castigates, castigated, castigating)

Conjugations for castigate:

present
  1. castigate
  2. castigate
  3. castigates
  4. castigate
  5. castigate
  6. castigate
simple past
  1. castigated
  2. castigated
  3. castigated
  4. castigated
  5. castigated
  6. castigated
present perfect
  1. have castigated
  2. have castigated
  3. has castigated
  4. have castigated
  5. have castigated
  6. have castigated
past continuous
  1. was castigating
  2. were castigating
  3. was castigating
  4. were castigating
  5. were castigating
  6. were castigating
future
  1. shall castigate
  2. will castigate
  3. will castigate
  4. shall castigate
  5. will castigate
  6. will castigate
continuous present
  1. am castigating
  2. are castigating
  3. is castigating
  4. are castigating
  5. are castigating
  6. are castigating
subjunctive
  1. be castigated
  2. be castigated
  3. be castigated
  4. be castigated
  5. be castigated
  6. be castigated
diverse
  1. castigate!
  2. let's castigate!
  3. castigated
  4. castigating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "castigate":

  1. censure severely1
  2. inflict severe punishment on1