castigating
present participle ofcastigate
| 单词 | castigating |
| 释义 | castigating present participle ofcastigate castigate verb[T] formaluk/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/tocriticizesomeone or somethingseverely: Healthinspectorscastigated thekitchenstaffforpoorstandardsofcleanliness. Synonyms attack(CRITICIZE) censureformal chastise(CRITICIZE)formal condemn criticize damn(BLAME) decryformal denounce(CRITICIZE) excoriateformal railformal revileformal slaminformal to show disapproval of someone or something
Chastising & rebuking
castigationnoun[U]uk/ˌkæs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkæs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ Theyfearthe castigation oftheircommunity.
Examplesofcastigatingcastigating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Isn't it odd that it went on and on being recycled in a city that librettists had a habit ofcastigatingfor its easily jaded palate? From theCambridge English Corpus It is no goodcastigatingour motor industry if at the same time we expect it to start 10 yards behind the scratch-mark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has dragged in as a witness from time to time things which he himself has begun bycastigatingas hearsay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that they have any grounds forcastigatingus on that subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to spend timecastigatingthe banks, but there is a strong distinction between banks and building societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we should show more interest in how they could achieve that rather than merelycastigatingthem when they fail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Was not the reason for the rigid phases of pay policy that she wascastigatingthe fact that responsible collective bargaining had broken down? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Gone are the days when we thought we had discharged our duty to these unfortunate youths bycastigatingthem and putting them in durance vile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are wecastigatingourselves with this complicated business about withholding supplies when the whole thing can be done effectively without it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall not make much progress bycastigatingthe company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question ofcastigatingthe expenditure of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As well ascastigatingthose that do poorly, it is important to praise those that make a difficult system work effectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He talked about attacking andcastigatingthe other side; about rudeness, being temperamental and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no usecastigatinga class of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have beencastigatinghim for statistical omissions in his statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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