castigate
verb (used with object)
to criticize or reprimand severely.
castigates
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present tense formof castigate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Pécresse, who controls Paris regional transport, hopes to have all buses and trains equipped with aircon by 2032, and she castigates her Socialist predecessor for failing to see its importance.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
He castigates bankers such as Felix Rohatyn, who in 1975 rescued the city’s finances and from the mid-1970s to the 1980s insisted on raising fares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
In U2’s “Crumbs From Your Table,” Bono castigates the wealthy West, especially the U.S., for its miserly and neglectful treatment of African countries long harmed by colonization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Then "Calliope" turns into a vengeance story: Dream castigates Richard for holding Calliope captive and orders him to free her.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2022
But while Melanchthon castigates the papal theologians, he spares and even defends the Emperor.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
