All castigate synonyms

verb castigate

• penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• lambaste — to beat or whip severely.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
• punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
• flog — to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
• blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• cane — Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
• chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
• scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
• baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
• scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
• rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
• scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
• ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
• dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
• lay out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• scathe — to attack with severe criticism.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• read the riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
• tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
• criticise — criticize
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
• penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• pummelled — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.