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What is another word for
castigating
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▲
Adjective
Serving, or being inflicted, as punishment
Offensive and insulting, especially in a hostile manner
Verb
Present participle for to criticize or reprimand (someone) severely
Present participle for to punish or penalize (someone) for a wrongdoing
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▲
Adjective
▲
Serving, or being inflicted, as punishment
disciplinary
correctional
punitive
penal
corrective
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
chastening
chastising
correcting
disciplining
punitory
penitentiary
retaliative
retaliatory
punishing
castigatory
disciplinarian
retributive
reformatory
castigative
vindictive
revengeful
in retaliation
in reprisal
reformative
ordered
retributory
vindicatory
justificatory
defensive
vengeful
avenging
reciprocal
reactive
tit-for-tat
“Is this judgment from some celestial deity in the form of
castigating
punishment for some ambiguous badness?”
Adjective
▲
Offensive and insulting, especially in a hostile manner
abusive
insulting
rude
offensive
disparaging
scurrilous
vituperative
scolding
contemptuous
derisive
contumelious
degrading
invective
scathing
affronting
reproachful
reviling
belittling
censorious
denigratory
derogatory
disrespectful
insolent
opprobrious
pejorative
uncomplimentary
vilifying
disdainful
scornful
scurril
scurrile
slighting
truculent
upbraiding
vitriolic
vituperatory
calumniating
castigatory
reproving
berating
foul
obloquious
obnoxious
sarcastic
sharp-tongued
unmannerly
violent
harsh
virulent
withering
sardonic
defamatory
malign
critical
calumniatory
maligning
libelous
US
malicious
libellous
UK
traducing
ranting
slanderous
denunciatory
vituperous
discourteous
impertinent
uncivil
impolite
deprecatory
vulgar
nasty
impudent
spiteful
inconsiderate
ungracious
mean
coarse
hurtful
derisory
depreciative
derogative
unkind
hateful
catty
venomous
ill-mannered
depreciatory
unpleasant
despiteful
cruel
demeaning
sharp
denigrative
detractive
cheeky
humiliating
wounding
indecent
dirty
bad-mannered
vindictive
scandalous
brash
snide
bitter
churlish
thoughtless
disapproving
decrying
hostile
crude
malevolent
uncouth
presumptuous
vicious
outrageous
irreverent
blasphemous
low
negative
insubordinate
bad
brusque
obscene
forward
mannerless
boorish
personal
out-of-line
smart-alecky
mordant
sneering
unfriendly
profane
gross
rough
uncharitable
biting
loutish
bold
unmannered
cocky
acerbic
crass
unhandsome
lippy
damaging
sacrilegious
brazen
sassy
blunt
curt
deprecating
saucy
annoying
ill-bred
detestable
arrogant
dismissive
uncalled-for
cutting
audacious
surly
trenchant
disagreeable
caustic
tactless
fresh
lewd
unrefined
malapert
graceless
mocking
objectionable
flip
abrupt
shocking
acrimonious
satirical
malignant
judgemental
judgmental
smutty
overbearing
despicable
raunchy
oafish
mordacious
exceptionable
fault-finding
unacceptable
rancorous
impious
reprehensible
indecorous
indelicate
unladylike
ungentlemanly
displeasing
uncivilized
US
upsetting
censurable
uncivilised
UK
aweless
provocative
provoking
pert
filthy
vexing
offending
irritating
gruff
short
exasperating
galling
unfavourable
UK
jeering
unflattering
debasing
improper
barbed
discrediting
supercilious
offhand
unfavorable
US
ribald
detractory
dishonouring
UK
vile
dishonoring
US
acid
nervy
tart
severe
detracting
unsympathetic
minimizing
US
minimising
UK
acerb
stinging
intrusive
iconoclastic
peremptory
pungent
undiplomatic
snarky
unchivalrous
acidulous
satiric
disgracious
ungallant
corrosive
acrid
ignorant
incisive
acidic
flippant
searing
scalding
blistering
savage
astringent
inelegant
irreverential
unhallowed
crusty
ungodly
unholy
devastating
maleficent
malefic
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
aggressive
misbehaved
wicked
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
ill-natured
badly behaved
epithetical
ironical
familiar
salacious
scabrous
groundless
hard
shameless
resentful
ridiculing
debased
inappropriate
uncultured
unpolished
atrocious
pushy
abrasive
Rabelaisian
evil
mortifying
downgrading
depreciating
callous
dyslogistic
sniping
repulsive
insensitive
politically incorrect
foul-mouthed
sharp-worded
angry
peppery
double-edged
cynical
low-bred
strong
uncaring
sniffy
snooty
rank
brassy
snotty
condemnatory
unprintable
abhorrent
envenomed
splenetic
cocksure
defiant
common
diminishing
deflating
scoffing
unconsiderate
impolitic
bluff
snippy
wise
horrid
unfilial
profanatory
stabbing
fierce
antagonistic
discreditable
aspersing
haughty
superior
egotistic
roughneck
hypercritical
evil-intentioned
unconscionable
beyond the pale
smart
brassbound
accusatory
arch
foulmouthed
full of contempt
raw
faultfinding
calumnious
barefaced
loud
choice
injurious
tacky
cheap
dictatorial
procacious
admonitory
magisterial
imperative
ill-behaved
breezy
loud-mouthed
brazen-faced
accusing
bold-faced
disappointed
lacking civility
bad mannered
off-base
defaming
put down
poisonous
denigrating
full of reproof
execrable
wretched
cantankerous
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dishonorable
US
contemptible
base
paltry
unfair
unsportsmanlike
damning
ornery
ruthless
dishonourable
UK
ill-humored
US
libeling
US
excoriating
libelling
UK
shaming
aspersive
mean-spirited
evil-minded
ill-humoured
UK
low-down
low-minded
affrontive
ungenteel
mouthy
sullen
smart alecky
ungraceful
underbred
inaffable
crabbed
yokelish
bounderish
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or reprimand (someone) severely
lambasting
berating
censuring
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
chastising
rebuking
admonishing
scolding
reproaching
chiding
reproving
upbraiding
blasting
attacking
lecturing
carpeting
rating
hammering
flaying
ragging
excoriating
keelhauling
slamming
abusing
objurgating
reprehending
slating
vituperating
basting
bollocking
savaging
scoring
bashing
jawing
rapping
flaming
trimming
wigging
rowing
dissing
trashing
assailing
lashing
chastening
scathing
belabouring
UK
belaboring
US
railing
potshotting
reaming
bawling out
dressing down
laying into
telling off
chewing out
remonstrating with
reaming out
taking to task
pitching into
pulling up
hauling over the coals
lacing to
tongue-lashing
tearing into
ticking off
calling down
ranting at
having a go at
railing against
railing at
reading the riot act
giving a talking-to
letting someone have it
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone a roasting
giving someone hell
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone an earful
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a rollicking
putting down
coming down on
giving someone a bollocking
jumping on
slapping down
giving someone a caning
tearing off a strip
giving someone a wigging
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone a row
giving someone some stick
raking over the coals
giving someone a rating
giving someone what for
giving a rocket
putting on the mat
blowing up at
criticizing severely
jumping down one's throat
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
laying out
leaning on
rapping someone the knuckles
dragging over the coals
more ❯
“It isn't helpful to
castigate
a patient about his years of smoking when you are trying to treat his lung cancer.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to punish or penalize (someone) for a wrongdoing
reprimanding
disciplining
punishing
correcting
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
chastening
chastising
coming down on
cracking down on
teaching a lesson
“Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behavior with Bathsheba, he was in no position to
castigate
his son for a similar fault.”
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