Synonyms

fustigate

American

[fuhs-ti-geyt] / ˈfʌs tɪˌgeɪt /

verb (used with object)

fustigated, fustigating

to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
to criticize harshly; castigate.

a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying.

fustigate British

/ ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

archaic (tr) to beat; cudgel

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Other Word Forms

fustigation noun
fustigator noun
fustigatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of fustigate

First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstigāre “to cudgel to death,” derivative of the noun fūstis “a stick, club, cudgel” + -igāre, combining form of agere “to drive, do, act”

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Example Sentences

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For the Patriot women take their hazel wands, and fustigate, amid laughter of bystanders, with alacrity: broad bottom of Priests; alas, Nuns too reversed, and cotillons retrousses!

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Hai!” switching the camel, and fruitlessly endeavouring to fustigate Mas’ud’s nephew, who resolutely slept upon the water-bags.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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