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Definition of castigate in English: castigateverb ˈkastɪɡeɪtˈkæstəˌɡeɪt [with object]formal Reprimand (someone) severely. 〈正式〉严厉责骂 he was castigated for not setting a good example 他因未能树立好榜样而遭到训斥。 Example sentencesExamples - He had castigated the team for, among other things, unprofessionalism and indiscipline.
- I could say more but, it being the season to be jolly, I will refrain from further castigating my friends in the legal profession.
- Moreover, there's no point in castigating the losers.
- Whenever a politician takes a definite and contentious view on any issue, he or she is castigated for daring to articulate that opinion.
- The actress tells of how she was so infuriated by the letter that she wrote a reply, castigating the woman for assuming she knew her parents' beliefs better than she did.
- You must forgive my candor, I am not castigating you… I don't know the extent to which the Bill was accessible.
- I just wanted to be absolutely clear on this because I've gotten a number of emails castigating me for pretending that.
- It was for his denial of the doctrine of karma and the efficacy of the religious effort that the Buddha castigated him so severely.
- This is why we castigate our leaders - our political leaders, our church leaders and our society leaders.
- He castigates prize judges for giving the top awards to books for reason extrinsic to literature.
- And just a few days ago I was castigating someone else for being a thin-skinned Narcissist.
- In print, on his radio show and in private, the growling newshound frequently castigates reporters for not breaking bigger and better stories.
- ‘What we should be doing, rather than castigating anyone or laying blame is encouraging people to come forward and show civic spirit,’ he said.
- In recent weeks, the Manchester United captain has resembled a walking volcano, castigating his colleagues for their deficiencies as the club finished a troubled campaign trophy-less.
- He castigated the officials who had sent the girls out to compete on a less than level playing field.
- After the disastrous tour of New Zealand, the media was castigating the team, we replied with a good World Cup campaign.
- The most common response was to castigate the reporter for daring to criticize a sacred cow hereabouts, weblogs.
- A friend used to castigate me for not wearing a belt.
- The former schoolmaster was never happy with the media when they were castigating him for years of failure with Edinburgh and, if anything, he appears even less comfortable now the press that he receives is universally favourable.
- It's been a bitter debate, with many castigating reporters of the case as conspiracy theorists and worse.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure punish, discipline, chasten informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a talking-to, give someone an earful, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap, rap someone the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send someone away with a flea in their ear, let someone have it, bawl out, give someone hell, come down on, blow up at, pitch into, lay into, lace into, give someone a caning, put on the mat, slap down, blast, rag, keelhaul British informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, monster, give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for, give someone some stick, wig, give someone a wigging, give someone a row, row North American informal chew out, ream out British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking North American vulgar slang chew someone's ass, ream someone's ass dated call down, rate, give someone a rating, trim rare reprehend, objurgate
Derivativesnoun kastɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌkæstəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n formal Strange to say, however, the trend towards nostalgia has met with castigation in the press. Example sentencesExamples - How come society winked indulgently at his ‘excesses’ while reserving stern castigation for the rest?
- Should we therefore really allow the castigation and alienation of people publicly expressing such views?
- You wouldn't believe the castigation I received, especially from members of the board, for even entertaining such an idea.
- From the small arsenal of instruments of punishment and torture on display, visitors will gain a graphic idea of crime and castigation.
adjective formal noun ˈkastɪɡeɪtəˈkæstəˌɡeɪdər formal A person who severely reprimands or criticizes someone or something. an outspoken castigator of the Catholic faith Example sentencesExamples - Words such as ‘diatribe’ and ‘hypocrisy’ have been hurled at me by my castigator on the Isle of Skye.
- His success at this owed a lot to the fact that he was able to play ‘judge, jury, prosecutor, castigator, and press agent, all in one.’
- The Tadcaster castigator concludes: ‘Thankful I am that my generation were able to learn the art of home baking without the need for a kitchen that was filled to the gunwales with culinary gadgets.’
adjective ˈkastɪɡeɪtəriˈkæstəɡəˌtɔri formal The repetition and hyperbole involved in castigatory preaching approach suggest, paradoxically, its limited effect. Example sentencesExamples - Although one could perceive her actions as upright, correct, and admirable, it is obvious to the viewer that she is overly castigatory and despondent.
- Do not take this as a castigatory remark designed to wound and maim.
- The system needs to change, but the castigatory way we deal with mentally ill people who commit crimes seems to be caught in amber.
- She gets severely striped there but causes further mayhem and is sent on to an even more castigatory establishment.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin castigare 'reprove', from castus 'pure, chaste'. caste from mid 16th century: The general sense in early use was ‘race, breed’. It is from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘lineage, race, breed’, feminine of casto ‘pure, unmixed’, from Latin castus ‘chaste’, also the source of castigate (early 17th century), and chasten (mid 16th century) ‘make chaste’, and chaste (Middle English) itself. The common current use is to refer to the hereditary classes of Hindu society: Brahman (priest), Kshatriya (warrior), Vaisya (merchant or farmer), and Sudra (labourer).
Definition of castigate in US English: castigateverbˈkastəˌɡātˈkæstəˌɡeɪt [with object]formal Reprimand (someone) severely. 〈正式〉严厉责骂 he was castigated for not setting a good example 他因未能树立好榜样而遭到训斥。 Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, there's no point in castigating the losers.
- He castigated the officials who had sent the girls out to compete on a less than level playing field.
- Whenever a politician takes a definite and contentious view on any issue, he or she is castigated for daring to articulate that opinion.
- The former schoolmaster was never happy with the media when they were castigating him for years of failure with Edinburgh and, if anything, he appears even less comfortable now the press that he receives is universally favourable.
- I just wanted to be absolutely clear on this because I've gotten a number of emails castigating me for pretending that.
- I could say more but, it being the season to be jolly, I will refrain from further castigating my friends in the legal profession.
- A friend used to castigate me for not wearing a belt.
- He had castigated the team for, among other things, unprofessionalism and indiscipline.
- The most common response was to castigate the reporter for daring to criticize a sacred cow hereabouts, weblogs.
- This is why we castigate our leaders - our political leaders, our church leaders and our society leaders.
- It was for his denial of the doctrine of karma and the efficacy of the religious effort that the Buddha castigated him so severely.
- After the disastrous tour of New Zealand, the media was castigating the team, we replied with a good World Cup campaign.
- ‘What we should be doing, rather than castigating anyone or laying blame is encouraging people to come forward and show civic spirit,’ he said.
- In recent weeks, the Manchester United captain has resembled a walking volcano, castigating his colleagues for their deficiencies as the club finished a troubled campaign trophy-less.
- The actress tells of how she was so infuriated by the letter that she wrote a reply, castigating the woman for assuming she knew her parents' beliefs better than she did.
- In print, on his radio show and in private, the growling newshound frequently castigates reporters for not breaking bigger and better stories.
- You must forgive my candor, I am not castigating you… I don't know the extent to which the Bill was accessible.
- He castigates prize judges for giving the top awards to books for reason extrinsic to literature.
- And just a few days ago I was castigating someone else for being a thin-skinned Narcissist.
- It's been a bitter debate, with many castigating reporters of the case as conspiracy theorists and worse.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, lambaste, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin castigare ‘reprove’, from castus ‘pure, chaste’. |