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    cas·ti·gate
    [ˈkastəˌɡāt]
    verb
    castigating (present participle)
    1. reprimand (someone) severely:
      "he was castigated for not setting a good example"
    Origin
    early 17th century: from Latin castigare ‘reprove’, from castus ‘pure, chaste’.
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    verb
    1. reprimand (someone) severely:
      reprimand
      rebuke
      admonish
      chastise
      chide
      upbraid
      reprove
      reproach
      scold
      berate
      pull up
      lambaste
      read someone the Riot Act
      give someone a piece of one's mind
      lecture
      criticize
      censure
      punish
      discipline
      chasten
      tell off
      dress down
      rap
      let someone have it
      bawl out
      give someone hell
      come down on
      pitch into
      lay into
      lace into
      slap down
      blast
      rag
      keelhaul
      tick off
      have a go at
      carpet
      monster
      give someone a mouthful
      give someone what for
      wig
      row
      chew out
      tear someone a new arsehole
      chew someone's ass
      ream someone's ass
      tear someone a new asshole
      call down
      rate
      trim
      reprehend
      objurgate
      remonstrate with
      take to task
      haul over the coals
      give someone a telling-off
      give someone a talking-to
      give someone an earful
      give someone a dressing-down
      give someone a roasting
      give someone a rocket
      give someone a rollicking
      rap someone the knuckles
      slap someone's wrist
      send someone away with a flea in their ear
      blow up at
      give someone a caning
      put on the mat
      tear someone off a strip
      give someone some stick
      give someone a wigging
      give someone a row
      ream out
      bollock
      give someone a bollocking
      rip someone a new arsehole
      rip someone a new asshole
      give someone a rating
      Opposite:
      praise
      commend
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    What does castigate mean?
    The meaning of CASTIGATE is to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism. How to use castigate in a sentence. Did you know?

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    What is the difference between castigate and castigate?
    Use castigate when you mean "to reprimand in an especially harsh way." If you accidentally spill coffee all over your sister's favorite sweater, you might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out. Castigate means punish, and punish harshly, but the punishment is always a severe scolding.

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    What is the difference between castigate and Chasten?
    Castigate means punish, and punish harshly, but the punishment is always a severe scolding. Sometimes it means criticize severely. Politicians in the Senate are always castigating each other for their alliances and opinions. Castigate and chasten, which also means "to reprimand" but is less severe, share the Latin root castus which means "pure."

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    What are some examples of a castigated group?
    Another castigated group were those who ' would not be helped' or refused help when it was offered. The congressional black caucus, for example, castigated the budget as ' unjust and immoral ' in its treatment of the poor and disadvantaged.

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    Do you castigate a class of people?
    As well as castigating those that do poorly, it is important to praise those that make a difficult system work effectively. He talked about attacking and castigating the other side; about rudeness, being temperamental and the like. It is no use castigating a class of people. I have been castigating him for statistical omissions in his statement.

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    Why did the author castigate the Prime Minister?
    The author castigated the prime minister as an ineffective leader. The judge castigated the lawyers for their lack of preparation. He was castigated in the media for making millions of dollars while the company went bankrupt.

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