Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to punish or reprimand someone severely:
to criticize something severely:
to revise a publication:
Русский
By meaning 2
to punish or reprimand someone severely:
to criticize something severely:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to punish or reprimand someone severely:
to revise a publication:

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Don't castigate me. I haven't done anything wrong.

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  2. Tom castigated himself.

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  3. Stop castigating yourself.

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (formal, transitive)To punish or reprimand someone severely.

    bestrafen, strafen

    кори́тьkorítʹ, нака́зыватьnakázyvatʹ, кара́тьkarátʹ

    каратиkaraty, засуджуватиzasudžuvaty, критикуватиkrytykuvaty

    inflict severe punishment on

  2. (formal, transitive)To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.

  3. (rare, transitive)To revise or make corrections to a publication.

    revidieren, korrigieren

    виправлятиvypravljaty, коригуватиkoryhuvaty

Origin

First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfe

First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

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Forms

castigates, castigating, castigated, castigated

regular · Lesson

Base formcastigate · to castigate
3rd person singularcastigates
Present participlecastigating
Past simplecastigated
Past participlecastigated

Tenses

castigate · castigated · will castigate · have castigated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycastigate
he, she, itcastigates

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave castigated
he, she, ithas castigated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill castigate

Past simpleLesson

all personscastigated

Synonyms

89 synonyms
To punish or reprimand someone severely:rebukeC2slashB2blameA2blastB2chargeB1condemnB2criticizeA2denounceC2deprecateC2dragB1lectureB1rateB2reproachC2reproveB2
(rare)To revise or make corrections to a publication:reviseB1
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedcastigation
Derivedcastigantcastigatorcastigatoryuncastigated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
castawaycastecastedcastingcastleA2castrate

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