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chastise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
| Type of | trounce, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, bawl out, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task |
| Has types | flame |
| Derivation | chastisement |
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks.
Examples of chastise
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There was this kid, who was always a good kid and I had to chastise him one day.
From the freep.com
If you're going to chastise us, you should take a leaf out of this reader's book.
From the hecklerspray.com
Boudreau decided to chastise Ovechkin, the player he considers best in the world.
From the usatoday.com
If noises off had been the only problem, we could at least chastise the audience.
From the guardian.co.uk
Later, I asked one of the organizers why they didn't publicly chastise Mr. DuBois.
From the washingtontimes.com
You cannot be afraid to make an out and you cannot chastise them when they do.
From the jsonline.com
They chastise those who follow the Constitution, call them racists and terrorists.
From the dailyherald.com
We blame directors when they have big ego ideas, we chastise them when they don't.
From the guardian.co.uk
I would more readily believe that Dawkins tries to chastise postmodern philosophy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
- Castigation (from the Latin castigatio) or chastisement (via the French chu00E2timent) is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser.
- To punish or scold someone
- To dream of being chastised, denotes that you have not been prudent in conducting your affairs. To dream that you administer chastisement to another, signifies that you will have an ill-tempered partner either in business or marriage. ...
- Operational code name for the "Dam Busters" raid by 617 squadron RAF in May 1943, on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in the Ruhr area of Germany
- Codename for the Dambusters' raid. 16-17 May 1943
- Punish for the purpose of correction.
- (27) beat off, chase away
- To discipline or punish
