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castigable

castigable adjective: able or worthy to be punished.

Adjective

castigable (comparative more castigable, superlative most castigable)

  1. Able or worthy to be punished.
    • They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

Synonyms of castigable

Forms of castigable

comparativemore castigable
superlativemost castigable

Questions about castigable

What does castigable mean?
Castigable means able or worthy to be punished.
What part of speech is castigable?
Castigable is an adjective.

Words near castigable in the dictionary

  1. casteth
  2. castewise
  3. castful
  4. casticin
  5. Castiel
  6. castigable
  7. castigant
  8. castigants
  9. castigate
  10. castigated
  11. castigates

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