Definitions for castigate

castigate cas·ti·gate

Spelling: [kas-ti-geyt]
IPA: /ˈkæs tɪˌgeɪt/

Castigate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 300 anagrams from letters in castigate (aacegistt).

Definitions for castigate

verb (used with object)

  1. to criticize or reprimand severely.
  2. to punish in order to correct.

Origin of castigate

1600-10; Latin castīgātus literally, driven to be faultless (past participle of castigāre to chasten), equivalent to cast(us) pure, chaste + -īg-, combining form of

Examples for castigate

Matt Bennett, of the Democratic group Third Way, expects Democrats to castigate the Tea Party as “reckless.”

“You can castigate the leaders; you can try and divide us by generation,” he said.

I thought to castigate a libertine, and I have been, I fear, lacerating the heart of a true gentleman!

The woman grasped a clothes-stick with which she proposed to castigate her niece.

Others tried to use the disasters to castigate the sins of society.

I had to castigate one of the ringleaders myself—Herapath by name, claiming kinship with you, by the way.

Gingrich also scored points with the media elite that he loves to castigate.

If only I were not a woman, I might castigate you as you deserve!

Its declared purpose was "simply to instruct the young, reform the old, correct the town, and castigate the age."

I will whip the woman, I mean the child—no, I mean the dog; in fact, I will castigate all three of them.

Word Value for castigate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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