chastise Definition
chas·tise (c̸has tīz′, c̸has′tīz′)
transitive verb -·tised′, -·tis′·ing
- to punish, esp. by beating
- to scold or condemn sharply
- Archaic to chasten
Etymology: ME chastisen < extended stem of OFr chastier: see chasten
chastise Related Forms
chas·tise′·ment (c̸has′tiz mənt; c̸has tīz′-) noun
chas·tis′er noun
chastise Synonyms
chastise Usage Examples
Object
- child: A parent chastising a child for doing something " naughty " would seem to be a prime example.
- government: Protagonists of Bt cotton are already chastising the government for robbing the farmer by not hastening its commercialisation.
- youth: Chastise the youth Chastise the youth Chastise the youth with a cricket bat What!
- offender: Again the Buddha had to strongly chastise the offender to regain public confidence.
- anyone: She was particularly harsh in chastising anyone brash enough to suggest she had no existence except in the mind of William Sharp.
- man: The Deputy Speaker immediately suspended the House and chastised the men for their inappropriate clothing.
Adjective complement
poor: Quot we have drivers make a office forces are than chastise poor.
Modifying Another Word
- suitably: He told the assembled meeting, they roared with laughter, put a statement out to the press and Greenpeace was suitably chastised.
- then: Say: Why does He then chastise you for your faults?
- not: We do not chastise, we speak to them, in dog language.
- publicly: Microsoft publicly chastises security researchers who don't follow its rules.
- severely: Peter White reports that the single hound in the pen was severely chastised by the huntsman tho there is no video of this.
- even: Murphy's inability to even chastise or rally the troops during the game did not reflect well on him.
Browse dictionary entries near chastise
- ‹ chasten
- ‹ chaste
- ‹ chassis
- ‹ chasseur
- ‹ chassepot
- ‹ chassé
- ‹ chasm
- ‹ Chasidim
- ‹ chaser
- ‹ Chase, EdnaWoolman
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