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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to show disapproval of someone or something
criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging

castigation

noun[ U ]uk /ˌkæs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌkæs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
They fear the castigation of their community.

Examples

That could mean jail or social castigation.
There was a general castigation of young adults by their elders in that indulgent era as the Me Generation.
The American administration was "deeply troubled" but fell short of outright castigation.
The inquiry will be followed by much handwringing and the castigation of both individuals and local authorities.

castigate | American Dictionary

castigate
verb[ T ]
us/ˈkæs·tɪˌɡeɪt/
to criticize someone or something severely:
Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for not keeping the place clean.

Examples of castigate

castigate
It would obviously be wrong to castigate those who have prepared this second edition for not doing various things that would have been very desirable.
Even those whose credentials had been established were castigated as having a 'suitcase mood' or demonised as vectors of infection.
That failure incensed the litigation masters enormously; they not only reprimanded their clients, but also castigated them for having spoiled their own reputation.
Not only did the regime and its supporters (illogically) castigate the protesters for politicising sport, they disparaged their corporeality.
Though they existed outside the law and their existence was constantly castigated by the authorities, they played a very important role in society.
Another castigated group were those who ' would not be helped' or refused help when it was offered.
The congressional black caucus, for example, castigated the budget as ' unjust and immoral ' in its treatment of the poor and disadvantaged.
Seething at such obvious inequities of capitalism, they castigated the prosperous for ' ' greed ' ' and ' ' workaholism ' '.
At that time, for instance, one journalist castigated both men for failing to set aside their personal ambition to pursue the goal of national defence.
Some castigate the hubris of some of its claims.
Their justices refused to believe that human rights violations had occurred, and castigated those who thought otherwise.
Isn't it odd that it went on and on being recycled in a city that librettists had a habit of castigating for its easily jaded palate?
Paul castigated this particular ideal of wisdom as folly.
Turshen castigates market failures in the private sector yet ignores government failures in the public sector.
Tennyson's narratives encrypt paternal power in fraternal orders with an ambivalence that concurrently mourns and castigates paternal privilege enacted within fraternal spaces.
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