(v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
(v. t.) To emend; to correct.
Example Sentences:
(1) The restaurant was already castigated by Channel Four News for serving £4 bowls of cereal in a borough in which thousands of poor families can’t afford to feed their children.
(2) Although she's been performing since 2000 – in the punk-cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls , in a controversial conjoined-twin mime act called Evelyn Evelyn (they wear a specially constructed two-person dress and have been castigated by disability groups for presenting conjoined twins as circus freaks, an accusation she denies) – in her new band, Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra , she's suddenly become a kind of phenomenon.
(3) The popular mood castigated all parties as to blame for the country's troubles.
(4) I'd hope the consensus would be that they were out of order rather than me being castigated for not keeping quiet, or being blamed our host for failing to take the guest's bigotry into account when sending out the invitations.
(5) Equally, there is a striking absence of castigation of the private sector for its massive failures.
(6) Scalise even got castigated for such idiocy by no less than Erick Erickson , whose words and deeds usually sound like he’s auditioning for a role in a WWII movie as the piggy Bavarian Gauleiter pinching at dirndls in between faking a WWI injury to keep from getting sent to the front.
(7) Evaluations and policy papers alike have castigated responses and agencies for their failure to put local responders at the centre of any crisis response, but little has changed in practice.
(8) In a new report released on Thursday, the NAO castigated the NHS and Department of Health’s failure to collect data on the outcomes experienced by patients helped by the Cancer Drugs Fund as a major weakness.
(9) The move is a surprise because the health secretary had previously castigated targets as unnecessary, likely to distort NHS staff's clinical priorities and part of a bureaucratic "top-down" system he intended to overhaul.
(10) His revelations in Peeling the Onion were castigated by politicians and fellow authors; this time around it might be his own children who are his harshest critics.
(11) Earlier this week, the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh was castigated by the local media and opposition parties for supposedly considering a softening of India's negotiating position .
(12) The Scottish FA has rightly been castigated for the pricing structure both for Euro 2016 qualifying matches and the friendly with England.
(13) At the same time he castigated the Treasury for “undermining” the rest of government with its economic forecasts.
(14) The follow-up Glass Spider tour was castigated for its soulless over-production.
(15) He also castigated those who have set ideas about what a black cultural figure should be, specifically referring to the song I Am a God, from his most recent album Yeezus.
(16) Ironically, it was the radio the lyrics castigated that propelled the Selecter into the top 10.
(17) It seems rather hard to blame Gove for biblical ignorance: a couple of years ago he was castigated for sending every school a copy of the King James Bible.
(18) Museveni has also castigated opposition leaders for dreaming of an Arab spring in Uganda, pointing out that most of these states are no better now than they were before.
(19) While I am an ex-DCLG civil servant, I do write this either in support of my former employer nor to castigate it.
(20) He castigated both the government and Liberal Democrats for not seeking to represent all sides of Brexit opinion.
Criticise
Definition:
(v. t.) To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.
(v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct.
(v. i.) To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.
(v. i.) To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.
Example Sentences:
(1) In attacking the motion to freeze the licence fee during today's Parliamentary debate the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, criticised the Tory leader.
(2) I’m not in charge of it but he’s stood up and presented that, and when Jenny, you know, criticised it, or raised some issues about grandparent carers – 3,700 of them he calculated – he said “Let’s sit down”.
(3) The curious thing, it seems to me, is that she was never criticised for it.
(4) But the comments of myself and others that I have seen have not criticised Islam but those who seek to hijack and misrepresent Islam,” he said.
(5) That’s a criticism echoed by Democrats in the Senate, who issued a report earlier this month criticising Republicans for passing sweeping legislation in July to combat addiction , the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (Cara), but refusing to fund it.
(6) Just before Christmas the independent Kerslake report severely criticised Birmingham city council for its dysfunctional politics and, in particular, its handling of the so-called Trojan Horse affair, in which school governors were said to have set out to bring about an Islamic agenda into the curriculum contents and the day-to-day running of some schools.
(7) The citizenship debate is tawdry, conflated and ultimately pointless | Richard Ackland Read more On Wednesday, the prime minister criticised lawyers for backing terrorists.
(8) For Bush Sr, the dilemma is all the more agonising as some of the White House advisers he now criticises are former employees he bequeathed to his son.
(9) The Nigerian government has been heavily criticised for failing to protect civilians in an increasingly violent conflict that left about 10,000 dead last year.
(10) Cobra collapsed into administration in 2009 after which Lord Bilimoria was criticised for using a “pre-pack” deal to buy back a stake in the firm.
(11) Masutha said the parole board had made a mistake when they approved Pistorius for early release, but his intervention has been widely criticised by legal experts.
(12) The remarks are the most direct official response on the issue, although the government has previously said that it "resolutely opposes" hacking and criticised "baseless" claims.
(13) But he criticised Clegg for forcing the government to abandon the data communications bill.
(14) Trade unions criticised the corporation’s 1% offer, tied to a minimum of just £390, for those staff earning under £50,000, calling it “completely unacceptable” .
(15) Nguyen Van Hai criticised the government for its handling of tensions with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
(16) Scaf criticised the Muslim Brotherhood for its premature announcement of the results and stated it was "one of the main causes of division and confusion prevailing the political arena".
(17) By comparison in the Netherlands, where there is a better technical training provision, every secondary school is built with an additional 650 square metres of non-academic training space; an investment of more than £1.5m per school.” The Association of School and College Leaders criticised the absence of more funding for students studying for A-levels.
(18) Napthine chose not to directly criticise Tony Abbott – it’s not his style – but the coolness was clear.
(19) Rather than challenging the Lib Dem policy on Trident, Miliband chose to criticise Cameron's comments about the renewal of Trident in last Thursday's leadership debate.
(20) In a telling moment, 17 editors of both state and private newspapers collectively pledged in November to avoid criticising the state.