Synonyms of castigating
- 1 Syllable
- rail, cane, flog, whip, flay, scold, ream, beat, scorch, lash, drub, rate, thrash
- 2 Syllables
- punish, upbraid, correct, pummel, scathe, blister, baste, chasten, scourge
- 3 Syllables
- tongue-lash, lambaste, obloquious, scarify, censure, chastise, berate, rebuke, reprimand, reproachful
- 4 Syllables
- punitive, correctional, penalize, punitory, criticize, excoriate, abusive, discipline
- 5 Syllables
- retaliatory, retaliative
- 6 Syllables
- vituperative