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