chastise [chas-tahyz , chas -tahyz]
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See more synonyms for chastise on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), chas·tised, chas·tis·ing. to discipline, especially by corporal punishment. to criticize severely. Archaic to restrain; chasten . Archaic to refine; purify. Show More
Origin of chastise 1275–1325; Middle English chastisen, equivalent to
chasti(en ) to
chasten +
-s- < ? +
-en infinitive suffix
Related forms chas·tis·a·ble , adjective chas·tise·ment [chas -tiz-muh nt, 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·tised , adjective un·chas·tis·ing , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for chastise punish ,
censure ,
berate ,
upbraid ,
castigate ,
lash ,
flog ,
ream ,
chasten ,
pummel ,
scourge ,
beat ,
spank ,
baste ,
thrash ,
correct ,
whip ,
ferule ,
skelp Examples from the Web for chastise Contemporary Examples of chastise When it appears it is largely used to chastise transsexuals and to promote celibacy.
We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.
Various social-media sites and platforms have begun to chastise the new sports darling for, of all things, the upkeep of her hair.
Historical Examples of chastise "Ready to chastise insolence, sir," cried Alleyne with flashing eyes.
If he should appear in mine, I know how to chastise him, and to vindicate my own honour.
I wish to God I were a younger man, that I might chastise you for the hound you are.
She had a desire to chastise thought by strong, bracing action.
Who is so foolish as to chastise or instruct the ugly, or the diminutive, or the feeble?
British Dictionary definitions for chastise to discipline or punish, esp by beating to scold severely Show More
Derived Forms chastisable , adjective chastisement (ˈtʃæstɪzmənt , tʃæsˈtaɪz- ), noun chastiser , noun Word Origin for chastise C14 chastisen, irregularly from chastien to chasten
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Word Origin and History for chastise v. c.1300, chastisen , from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier ), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate ). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten ) + -ise , though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised ; chastising .
He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913] Show More
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