English Explanatory Dictionary

castigate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To punish or reprimand someone severely.
To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
To revise or make corrections to a publication.

adj

Subdued, chastened, moderated
Revised and emended

Pronunciation

/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/ en-us-castigate.ogg en-au-castigate.ogg

Word forms

castigate castigates castigating castigated more castigate most castigate

Etymology

First attested in the beginnin 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.

Synonyms

rebuke reprimand chasten chastise admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure charge chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into lecture light into objurgate pooh-pooh put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act reprehend reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold skewer slam slate tear into

Derived words

castigant castigator castigatory uncastigated

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