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–verb (used with object)
1. to criticize or reprimand severely.
2. to punish in order to correct.
—Synonyms1. scold, reprove.
2. discipline, chastise [chas-tahyz], chasten.
Back story: Kaye refused to back down without a fight, alleging Norton had replaced him to put himself in more scenes, and slammed the actor in a series of bizarre trade paper ads,
also castigating him as a "narcissistic" part of the human anatomy that can’t be name checked in a family newspaper.
Now Kaye says he wants Norton to appear in "Humpty Dumpty," a docudrama he’s putting together based on the making of "American History X."
scoff
The story is told through the eyes of a holiday [reveller] , who at first scoffs [at] the notion of a supernatural murderer, but who is eventually forced to believe that there are more things in heaven and earth.
flout
in black lace and [stiletto] heels, she domesticated fetishism and flouted the postal [laws].
After this risky debut, Russell went mainstream with the hilarious Flirting With Disaster and the incisive Three Kings, but continued to find ways to flout [conventions] in each of his films.
Hou presents Taiwan as a multilinguistic, multicultural society, a view that intentionally flouts the Kuomintang's [enforcement] of Mandarin as the state's official tongue.
jeer
The woman will jeer at him and cross-examine him.
Yesterday I was jeered and taunted by 400 ruffians. I know that will not serve me.
jester
jest
Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy? Larry, you... You are jesting.
jape
"Jarhead" is an inglorious portrait of military life which points to the next Gulf War and the [de]grading [japes] of Abu Ghraib and other prisons.
rib
Mr. Bunuel's ribbing of the religious and Mr. Welles's theatrical quest for truth emerge as fragmentary and only occasionally,
gibe
jibe
the short subject jibes [at] the temptations thrust at his somewhat naive hero by both the [religious] and the [laity]
A picture about death, I had to make it interesting for myself, you see. So, a comedy about death... who's not in on the joke. But the monster never receives any of my jibes. He's noble. Noble and misunderstood.
sneer
Rather than [simmer] with pre-meditated rage, he just doesn't care, and his rebellion, when it comes, seems [wrought] more out of a [sneer] than a shout.
derision
ridicule, mockery, an object of ridiculebanter
good-natured raillery
Her frequent sarcastic [banter] evokes Juno's peculiar resilience, but never [whitewashes] the character -- or the film
-- into [glib] superficiality.
Yet if "Clerks II" doesn't have quite the [scabrous] kick of its predecessor, the chance to revisit a classic [premise] must have renewed the writer in Smith, whose [banter] here often [achieves] a sharpness and quality that haven't been in evidence since 1999's "Dogma."
His banter [with] Morgan Freeman, as a boxer he used to train, occasionally plays like a brilliantly written Seinfeld episode featuring senior citizens.
taunt
Being Black, he had to [endure] the taunts of his classmates.
They taunted him [into] taking the dare.
cf. hedonistic
sardonic
There was a [sardonic] [expression] on her face.
By the time he was 26 he had already directed "Kicking and Screaming" (1995), about [sardonic] and [literate] college graduates whose only ambition was to remain [on] campus.
inveigle
lure
He inveigled her [into] attending the meeting, even though she’d sworn she wouldn’t go.
inveigh
railThe film inveighs [against] the ''ferocious pairing off'' that is sure to tear the group apart.
l see Howard Beale as a latter-day prophet, a [messianic] figure inveighing against the hypocrisies of our times!
revile
last night I watched The Invasion in my hotel room. You know, the [reviled] one with Nicki Kidman that we've all forgotten about already even though it's only 13 months old (isn't it funny how some movies seem [instantly] ancient?).
As a founding member of the oft reviled and totally misunderstood* 'Clint Eastwood is Overrated Club' I realize my breakdown will already be [broken] for some.
rebuke
formally or officiallyHe rebuked him strongly for laxness in his [accounts]
All of their lifestyle choices seem intended as [rebukes] to each other.
For feminists, this film is therefore a rebuke rather than a rallying cry. So, it reminds us, is the [text] on which it's based.
apprehension
reprehension
reproach
with an attitude of faultfinding and shaming
scold
at some length, implies irritationto scold a [boy] for jaywalking.
reprove
milder
I should reprove you for saying unkind things about him, but I can't. Louis, I think I've married the most boring man in London.
castigate
to reprimand severely
also castigating him as a "narcissistic" part of the human anatomy that can’t be name checked in a family newspaper.
wig
The teacher wigged him [for] absent-mindedness.
chide"Yes, yes, you're charming, you're brilliant," [chided] A.O. Scott in his review.
Max, who’d rather label broken glass as such on the floor than sweep it up, finds nothing better to do than [chide] Otis,
As that relationship grows increasingly [fuzzy], Ray must also deal with the [sputtering] advances of a neighborhood high school girl and the overly aggressive [chiding] of his estranged group of friends.
You can either [chide] the film, at this point, for [relinquishing] any claim to realism or you can go with the flow,
ignored by his dad and gently [chided] by a mom who's channeled her marital frustrations into keeping-up-with-the-Joneses.
。quibble & cavil
Insinuate
。公然侮辱
Forensic
mortify
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respectsubjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence
subjugate
objurgate
reproach or denounce vehemently, upbraid harshly, berate sharply
vituperate
use or address with harsh or abusive language, revilecf. reprobate
berate
to scold, rebuke
When Krassky fails to defend her, Johnny [berates] him
disparage
speak of or treat slightingly, belittle, depreciatebring reproach or discredit upon, lower the estimation of
I must apologize for my disparaging remarks about the Upper Pennisula and its customs.
Class consciousness and conflicts abound, as local college kids refer disparagingly to the protagonists as "Cutters."
diatribe
bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
decry
vigorous disapproval
to decry [all] forms of discrimination.
My co-host Devindra chimed [in] that people have always been [decrying] the end of film criticism.
deprecate
earnest, thoughtful dispproval
to deprecate a plan because of possible [environmental] damage.
displaying both his [quicksilver] inventiveness and hangdog [self]-deprecation.
and Bonham Carter's [self]-deprecating and dismissive way with one-liners amuses in a Bette Davis-lite sort of way.
The quip was typical [of] her [self]-deprecating humor, which she displayed frequently in interviews.
I deprecated their retiring so early, but it was hard to blame them, for weekends, like life, are short.
You made me sound like Nicholson or something. All you have to do is be [self]-deprecating.
and the actresses ride the emotional roller coaster with vibrant and, at times, amusingly [self]-deprecating work.
[Self]-deprecating [sans] the [sullen], her affection for the oblivious Frances endears us to her.
denigrate
speak damagingly of, criticize in derogatory terms
denigrating his works as [trifling & poorly] executed.
I'm an accountant. Don't denigrate yourself. Where would the government be without accountants?
derogate
decrease value
Fear of change makes them derogate every [proposal] put forth.
descry
discern, rare
Through the [fog] we could [vaguely] descry the drifting barge.
0.6 言辭 Umlaut
Castigate
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