Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castigatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cas-ti-ga-to-ry
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving or tending to castigate.

noun

An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered unseemly; the ducking stool or trebucket.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

more castigatory (comparative) most castigatory (superlative) castigatories (plural)

Synonyms

punitory vindicatory vindictive castigatory punishmental punitive

Questions

What does castigatory mean?
Serving or tending to castigate.

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