'Castigate' definitions:
Definition of 'castigate'
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Definition of 'Castigate'
From: GCIDE
- Castigate \Cas"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castigating.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten.]
- 1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'castigate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assail,
- attack,
- baste,
- beat,
- belabor,
- berate,
- blister,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- carpet,
- chasten,
- chastise,
- chew out,
- correct,
- criticize,
- deal with,
- discipline,
- dress down,
- drub,
- excoriate,
- flay,
- fustigate,
- inflict upon,
- keelhaul,
- lash,
- masthead,
- penalize,
- pillory,
- pummel,
- punish,
- rail,
- rate,
- rebuke,
- reprimand,
- roast,
- scarify,
- scathe,
- scorch,
- scourge,
- settle with,
- skin alive,
- slash,
- square accounts,
- take to task,
- tell off,
- thrash,
- tick off,
- tongue-lash,
- trounce,
- upbraid,
- visit upon,
- wig