castigate Definition
cas·ti·gate (kas′ti gāt′)
castigate Related Forms
cas′·ti·ga′·tion noun
cas′·ti·ga′·tor noun
cas′·ti·ga·to′ry (-gə tôr′ē) adjective
castigate Synonyms
castigate Usage Examples
Object
- government: Will he not castigate the Lebanese Government for permitting that to happen, despite promises to the contrary?
- people: They challenged kings, they castigated the people and they even argued with G-d.
- press: He then threw a giant strop when the press castigated the channel and ratings slumped.
- medium: He castigated the media for betraying the British people by concealing the truth about Palestine.
- school: One person who I didn't know at school castigated me when she found Feeder tracks on my MP3 player.
- church: Copeland castigates American churches for their flight to the suburbs, and American evangelicals for their over-emphasis on individual salvation.
Subject
medium: He shouldn't be castigated by the British media who proclaim him to be a role model who should know better.
Preposition: as
Modifying Another Word
- publicly: Suffice to say that a soap star can be publicly castigated for speaking lines she only read.
- not: Will he not castigate the Lebanese Government for permitting that to happen, despite promises to the contrary?
- severely: Smith has been severely castigated for his alleged paternity of the ` real-bills ' doctrine by many authors, ( e.g.
- roundly: British Gas, the developer, was roundly castigated for having no interest in the effect of their plans on local communities.
Preposition: for
decision: The television cameras did not show any foul being committed and for the next three days the referee was castigated for an appalling decision.
Preposition: by
medium: He shouldn't be castigated by the British media who proclaim him to be a role model who should know better.
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