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castigating
adjective as in abusive
adjective as in punitive
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adjective as in punitory
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He is similarly castigating towards public health education for young people around HIV.
Enraged by the torments, he sought to escape them by castigating himself afresh.
I saw two stalwart Lamas, one on each side of him, castigating him with knotted leather thongs.
Castigating Polk was the most obvious opportunity for the harvesters, and they used it with due zeal.
Numerous issues of "Cahiers de la Quinzaine" have been devoted to castigating the crimes of civilisation.
She diverted the incessant conflict between his insubordinate self and his castigating, but avowedly sovereign, principle.
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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to castigating, such as: insulting, offensive, rude, calumniating, censorious, and contumelious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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