castigate

Verb
  1. Censure severely (synset 200825981)
    "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
    is a type of: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily
    subtypes: flame - criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
    same as: chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate
  2. Inflict severe punishment on (synset 202505793)
    is a type of: penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

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