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castigate

How many syllables in castigate?

  3 syllables

Divide castigate into syllables:   cas-ti-gate
Stressed syllable in castigate:   cas-ti-gate
How to pronounce castigate:   kas-ti-geyt
How to say castigate:

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Synonyms for castigate


1 syllable
  • scold
    2 syllables
    • chasten
    • rebuke
    • tick off
    3 syllables
    5 syllables
    • haul over the coals
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      What rhymes with castigate

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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