All castigator synonyms
cas·ti·gate
C c noun castigator
- nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- caviler — a person who cavils
- scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- niggler — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- nagger — nag1 (def 5).
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- criticizer — to censure or find fault with.
- critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.