Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does fustigate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fustigate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To hit someone with a club.
  2. (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
The director claims ignorance of a world in which the common man and cultural elite alike come together to nitpick and fustigate every movie that hits theaters.
The suppressed centrality of fustigate is particularly suggestive in view of Whitman's identification of the middle place with the role of the poet.
Whiteman evokes the corporeal nature of plantation authority, since the elided middle term between obfuscate and obfusticate seems to be fustigate.
My idea, when I write a book, is to wake up someone, to fustigate him given that the books I have written arose from my malaises, not to mention my sufferings.
As far as this issue is concerned, I am not among those who fustigate the African Forces' actions in Sudan.
I will avoid playing judge of the late Levy Mwanawasa’s presidency, as it is both dishonorable and contemptible to fustigate a person unable to defend themselves.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
9-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2025