chastise
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
to criticize severely.
Archaic. to restrain; chasten.
Archaic. to refine; purify.
Origin of chastise
1Other words for chastise
Other words from chastise
- chas·tis·a·ble, adjective
- chas·tise·ment [chas-tiz-muhnt, chas-tahyz-], /ˈtʃæs tɪz mənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz-/, noun
- chas·tis·er, noun
- non·chas·tise·ment, noun
- self-chas·tise, verb (used with object), self-chas·tised, self-chas·tis·ing.
- self-chas·tise·ment, noun
- un·chas·tis·a·ble, adjective
- un·chas·tis·ing, adjective
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How to use chastise in a sentence
A week after that poll came out, he was chastising California for wildfires that were ripping through the state.
Overlapping crises expose the erosion of our national unity | Philip Bump | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostA state audit released this summer chastised the district for doing little to curb emissions from mobile sources like cars.
Dems Want Control of the County – Here’s What They Say They’d Do With it | Jesse Marx | October 7, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWe call him Tom and not Branson and we keep [chastising] Violet for calling him Branson when she should be calling him Tom.
‘Downton Abbey’ Season 3: Julian Fellowes, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, and More | Jace Lacob | January 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin wrote a letter to the president of MTV chastising the channel for the show.
‘Duck Dynasty,’ ‘Buckwild,’ ‘Honey Boo Boo,’ and the 99 Percent | Tricia Romano | December 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLatifah fondly remembers chastising other girls in high school when they got into fights over the simple things like boys.
Queen Latifah Talks About the ‘Steel Magnolias’ Remake and the Importance of Diversity | Allison Samuels | October 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Barbara Boxer, the normally AIPAC-aligned California senator, followed up by chastising the Israeli prime minister.
Why Obama Has Gone on Political Offensive Against Romney Over Iran | Peter Beinart | September 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBarbara Boxer, the normally-AIPAC aligned California senator, followed up by chastising the Israeli prime minister.
Why Obama Has Gone on Political Offensive Against Romney Over Iran | Peter Beinart | September 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI—I shall be under the necessity of personally chastising you if you do not at once remove the image!
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays | Allen ChapmanHave you not touched the outstretched sceptre, submitted to the chastising rod, and gloried in the cross?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxAdam Woodcock, such as we have described him, by no means relished the freedom used by young Graeme, in chastising his assistant.
The Abbot | Sir Walter ScottShe is chastising too: how brave we live, That have our slaves to beat, to keep us in breath When we want exercise!
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerI knew you from the very first to be a thorough poltroon; but I shall find a proper means of chastising you.
Tales from Blackwood | Various
British Dictionary definitions for chastise
/ (tʃæsˈtaɪz) /
to discipline or punish, esp by beating
to scold severely
Origin of chastise
1Derived forms of chastise
- chastisable, adjective
- chastisement (ˈtʃæstɪzmənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz-), noun
- chastiser, noun
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