Synonyms for castigate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kas-ti-geyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tɪˌgeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for castigate Other synonyms for the word castigate
Définition of castigate
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin castigatus, past participle of castigare "to correct, set right; purify; chastise, punish," from castus "pure" (see caste) + agere "to do" (see act (n.)). The notion behind the word is "make someone pure by correcting or reproving him."
- If thou didst put this soure cold habit on To castigate thy pride, 'twere well. [Shakespeare, "Timon" IV.iii (1607)]
- Related: Castigated; castigating; castigator; castigatory.
- verb criticize severely
- The woman grasped a clothes-stick with which she proposed to castigate her niece.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson
- If only I were not a woman, I might castigate you as you deserve!
- Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud
- Others tried to use the disasters to castigate the sins of society.
- Extract from : « Medieval People » by Eileen Edna Power
- I had to castigate one of the ringleaders myself—Herapath by name, claiming kinship with you, by the way.
- Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed
- Its declared purpose was "simply to instruct the young, reform the old, correct the town, and castigate the age."
- Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner
- I will whip the woman, I mean the child—no, I mean the dog; in fact, I will castigate all three of them.
- Extract from : « Paul and His Dog, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIV) » by Charles Paul de Kock
- I thought to castigate a libertine, and I have been, I fear, lacerating the heart of a true gentleman!
- Extract from : « By Birth a Lady » by George Manville Fenn
- Spare Byron, who is a Poet—and castigate some popular Versifier.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 » by Various
- I am the Judge who wishes to castigate this system by making use of its own defects, to make war on it by flattering it.
- Extract from : « The Reign of Greed » by Jose Rizal
- The company, or companies, of soldiers will be first detailed for the arduous duties of the field to castigate the Indians.
- Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself » by De Witt C. Peters
Antonyms for castigate
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