All 3 Uses of
castigate
in
Into the Wild
- He lampooned Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden, called for the resignation of Attorney General Edwin Meese, lambasted Bible-thumpers of the Christian right, urged vigilance against the Soviet threat, castigated the Japanese for hunting whales, and defended Jesse Jackson as a viable presidential candidate.
p. 123.8castigated = criticized severely
- Although he castigated himself severely for this waste of a life he'd taken, a day later McCandless appeared to regain some perspective, for his journal notes, "henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be.†
p. 167.3 *
- It probably misses the point, though, to castigate McCandless for being ill prepared.†
p. 182.1
Definition:
to criticize severely