Castigating
Castigating adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.
Usage example: a castigating task that succeeds in doing nothing more than making the lives of the inmates miserable
Corrective and castigating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Corrective" instead an adjective "Castigating".
Nearby Words: castigate, castigated
Corrective
Corrective adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.
Usage example: a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor
Castigating and corrective are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Castigating" instead an adjective "Corrective".
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