Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.
Sinonimi
- criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
- attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
- condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
- denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
- come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
castigation
- That could mean jail or social castigation.
- There was a general castigation of young adults by their elders in that indulgent era as the Me Generation.
- The American administration was "deeply troubled" but fell short of outright castigation.
- The inquiry will be followed by much handwringing and the castigation of both individuals and local authorities.
