English > castigate: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | censure severely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | chastise, objurgate, chasten, correct |
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| Narrower | flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium |
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| Broader | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily |
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| Spanish | castigar, corregir, criticar, increpar, rectificar, reñir, reprender |
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| Catalan | castigar, increpar, punir |
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| Nouns | castigation | verbal punishment |
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| castigation | a severe scolding |
