Dictionary

castigate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
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Etymology

First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Subdued, chastened, moderated
2. (obsolete) Revised and emended

Forms

castigate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (US) audio
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

Meanings

1. (formal, transitive) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
   • Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault. 1999, Robert P. Gordon, I & II Samuel: A Commentary, Zondervan, page 264:
2. (formal, transitive) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
   • God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner. 1573, The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, Three Worthy Martyrs And Principall Teachers of this Churche of England, Iohn Daye, page 280:
   • But despite all this, for Barkan, the universalist notion of an 'Ottoman feudalism' was anathema: he castigated this idea as the concentrated expression of the anti-Ottomanism of the Kemalist Enlightenment. 2016, Halil Berktay, Suraiya Faroqhi, New Approaches to State and Peasant in Ottoman History, Routledge, page 150:
   • The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin. 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 261:
   • Lewis should have castigated the reasoning employed rather than the emotion, which offers no clue as to which side of the argument a person will adopt. 2001, Klaus R. Scherer, Angela Schorr, Tom Johnstone, Appraisal Processes in Emotion: Theory, Methods, Research, Oxford University Press, page 59:
   • From the outset, this issue becomes an often double-edged sword wherein Japan is both valorized and castigated. 2012, James King, Under Foreign Eyes: Western Cinematic Adaptations of Postwar Japan, John Hunt Publishing, page 1:
3. (rare, transitive) To revise or make corrections to a publication.

Forms

Deriveds

castigatory · castigant · castigator · uncastigated

Synonyms

vilify · bawl out · gruel · animadvert · read somebody the riot act · derogate · tell off · tilt · skewer · chastise · scold · put someone on blast · find fault · inveigh · have someone's guts for garters · bawl out · teach someone a lesson · berisp · threap · dispraise · keelhaul · berate · criticize · chastise · chide · tosh · berate · find fault · tilt · berisp · correct · pooh-pooh · correct · tear into · reproach · upbraid · castigate · punish · chasten · dress down · cannonade · tick off · rate · rate · rubbish · lay into · slam · drag · lash · put someone on blast · light into · tan someone's hide · light into · censure · dress down · upbraid · fulminate · revise · give somebody what-for · lace into · rebuke · denounce · tar out · condemn · chew out · get down · rubbish · get up · blame · malavogue · objurgate · penance · castigate · reprehend · savage · slate · give somebody what-for · penalize · slash · chasten · skewer · excoriate · lambaste · denunciate · slash · amerce · admonish · give what for · charge · excoriate · get at · reprehend · deprecate · tell off · chastise · lace into · eat someone alive · blast · vilify · rip into · reprimand · lecture · castigate · lambaste · admonish · blast · slate · objurgate · reprove · tear into · vituperate · reproach · have someone's hide · give it to someone · dispraise · drag · tick off · scorch · reprimand · savage · rebuke · condemn · criticize · inveigh · slam · censure · cannonade · come down on · fulminate · lecture · chide · tosh · animadvert · reprove · threap · vituperate · reprimand · denounce · have someone's head · lash · derogate · lambaste · scorch · rebuke · condemn · get at · bash · charge · nail someone to the wall · chew out · give somebody a piece of one's mind · keelhaul · rip into · eat someone alive · blame · lay into · give somebody a piece of one's mind · deprecate · pooh-pooh · get down · fix someone's wagon · read somebody the riot act · give someone what for · bash · get up · denunciate · chastise · scold

Translations (58)

sv tukta (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · bg критикувам (to criticize something severely) · pl piętnować (to criticize something severely) · pl krytykować (to criticize something severely) · pt castigar (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · la castīgō (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · cs plísnit (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · id mencela (to criticize something severely) · id menegur (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · uk засуджувати (to criticize something severely) · pl poprawić (to revise a publication) · pt repreender (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · es censurar (to criticize something severely) · bg осъждам (to criticize something severely) · uk критикувати (to criticize something severely) · es criticar severamente (to criticize something severely) · de bestrafen (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · sq përul (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · cs pokárat (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · fr corriger (to revise a publication) · pt criticar severamente (to criticize something severely) · uk карати (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · fr châtier (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · sk odsudzovať (to criticize something severely) · ru нака́зывать (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · de strafen (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · pt criticar duramente (to criticize something severely) · uk виправляти (to revise a publication) · es reprender (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · bg порицавам (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · gl reprender (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · sk ostro kritizovať (to criticize something severely) · es criticar duramente (to criticize something severely) · gl castigar (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · ru критикова́ть (to criticize something severely) · cs vyplísnit (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · ru кара́ть (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · id mengecam (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · cs kritizovat (to criticize something severely) · fr réviser (to revise a publication) · de revidieren (to revise a publication) · uk коригувати (to revise a publication) · cs kritizovat (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · pl (srogo) karcić (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · bg наказвам (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · sk dohovárať (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · pl (ostro) potępiać (to criticize something severely) · es castigar (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · ru кори́ть (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · de korrigieren (to revise a publication) · pl strofować (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · pl korygować (to revise a publication) · qu maqay (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · sk karhať (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · cs kárat (to punish or reprimand someone severely) · ru осужда́ть (to criticize something severely) · id mengkritik (to criticize something severely) · id mengecam (to criticize something severely)