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chastise Definition

chas·tise (c̸has tīz, c̸hastīz′)

transitive verb -·tised, -·tis·ing

  1. to punish, esp. by beating
  2. to scold or condemn sharply
  3. Archaic to chasten

Etymology: ME chastisen < extended stem of OFr chastier: see chasten

chastise Related Forms

chas·tise·ment (c̸hastiz mənt; c̸has tīz-) noun chas·tiser noun

chastise Synonyms

chastise

v.

scold, discipline, spank; see punish. See syn. study at punish.

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.

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