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
Retributive and castigating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retributive" instead an adjective "Castigating".
Nearby Words: castigate, castigated
Retributive
Retributive adjective - Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
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Synonyms for Retributive
Castigating and retributive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Castigating" instead an adjective "Retributive".
Nearby Word: retribution
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Related pairs
- vengeful and castigating
- vengeful and retributive
- revengeful and castigating
- revengeful and retributive
- correcting and castigating
- correcting and retributive
- corrective and castigating
- corrective and retributive
- vindictive and castigating
- vindictive and retributive
- punishing and castigating
- punishing and retributive
- chastening and castigating
- chastening and retributive
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