fustigate

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verb

To hit someone with a club.

Similar
cudgelthrashbirchcastigatedenounceberate
OriginLatin fūstīgātus →
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Meanings

verbfustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)

present singular third person fustigates · participle present fustigating · participle past fustigated · past fustigated

  1. transitiveTo hit someone with a club.

    Synonyms: cudgel, thrash, birch

  2. figurativelyTo harshly criticize someone.

    Synonyms: castigate, denounce, berate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo hit someone with a club.

Similar
cudgelthrashbirch

verbTo harshly criticize someone.

Similar
castigatedenounceberate

More synonyms by meaning

verbstrike with a cudgel

Similar
cudgel
Broader
hit
Also see
cudgel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfūstīgātus
  2. Englishfustigate

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin fūstīgātus, perfect passive participle of fūstīgō (“to cudgel to death”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + -igō.

More words from Latin

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Translations

French fustiger, bastonner
  • fustigerhit someone with a club
  • bastonnerhit someone with a club
  • fustigerharshly criticize someone
Italian fustigare
  • fustigarehit someone with a club
Portuguese fustigar
  • fustigarhit someone with a club
Spanish fustigar, fustigar
  • fustigarhit someone with a club
  • fustigarharshly criticize someone
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APA

fustigate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fustigate

MLA

“fustigate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fustigate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fustigate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fustigate.

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