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castigatedverbpast tense of castigate to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingscastigated him for his constant tardiness basted, bawled out, berated, called down, chastised, chewed out, dressed down, flayed, hammered, jawed, keelhauled, lambasted, lectured, ragged, railed (at or against), ranted (at), rated, reamed (out), rebuked, reprimanded, reproached, scolded, scored, tongue-lashed, upbraided admonished, chid(or chided), remonstrated (with), reprovedabused, assailed, attacked, bad-mouthed, blamed, blasted, censured, condemned, criticized, crucified, denounced, dissed(slang), excoriated, faulted, harangued, knocked, laced (into), lashed, panned, reprehended, reviled, scourged, slammed, vituperatedbelittled, disparaged, mocked, put downridiculed, scoffed, scorned laid into, read the riot act (to), took to task approved, endorsed(also indorsed), sanctionedextolled, lauded, praised to criticize harshly and usually publiclya newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place abused, assailed, attacked, bashed, belabored, blasted, excoriated, jumped (on), lambasted, potshot, savaged, scathed, slammed, trashed, vituperated berated, harangued, harassed, harried, reviled, scolded, whippedblasphemed, cursed, execrated, imprecated, profanedaffronted, insulted, slurredaspersed, bad-mouthed, belittled, blackguarded, disparaged, put downlibeled(or libelled), slandered, traduced, vilifiedchastised, chid(or chided), criticized, laced (into), rebuked, reprimandedfulminated, lashed (out) beat up on, lit into, sailed into, tied into acclaimed, commended, complimented, hailed, lauded, praised to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crimea judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law chastened, chastised, corrected, disciplined, penalized, punished assessed, charged, docked, fined, imposed, levied, mulctedconvicted, sentencedcondemned, damned, denouncedcriticized, keelhauled, rebuked, reprimanded, reprovedwreaked excused, pardoned, spared forfeitedgot off, ransomed, releasedcommuted, reprievedabsolved, acquitted, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |