chastise

[ chas-tahyz, chas-tahyz ]

/ tʃæsˈtaɪz, ˈtʃæs taɪz /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR chastise

1 punish, castigate; whip, beat, flog, spank.

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Origin of chastise

1275–1325; Middle English chastisen, equivalent to chasti(en) to chasten + -s-< ? + -en infinitive suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM chastise

chas·tis·a·ble, adjectivechas·tise·ment

[chas-tiz-muhnt, chas-tahyz-], /ˈtʃæs tɪz mənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz-/, nounchas·tis·er, nounnon·chas·tise·ment, noun

self-chastise, verb (used with object), self·-chas·tised, self·-chas·tis·ing.self-chas·tise·ment, nounun·chas·tis·a·ble, adjectiveun·chas·tised, adjectiveun·chas·tis·ing, adjective

Words nearby chastise

Chassid, chassis, chaste, chasten, chaste tree, chastise, chastisement, chastity, chastity belt, chasuble, chat

How to use chastise in a sentence

So, I accepted the job, packed up my life and moved to a new city, feeling grateful for the opportunity and chastising myself for not asking for even a tiny, ego-preserving salary bump.
Nikole Hannah-Jones hasn’t started teaching at Howard yet. But already, she’s imparting lessons.|Theresa Vargas|July 7, 2021|Washington Post
Many on the right are chastising critical race theory and challenging whether such a thing as systemic racism exists.
A well-worn argument about race, intelligence and violence|Theodore Johnson|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
Hunt’s cousin, William Spencer, chastised Welker in a private letter.
Our politics is no uglier or more dysfunctional than in the past|Kyle Longley|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
Harvard professor Cornel West and his co-author chastised Howard’s removal of their classics department, deeming it a “spiritual catastrophe.”
Why the Future is HBCU|Nick Fouriezos|May 10, 2021|Ozy

When it appears it is largely used to chastise transsexuals and to promote celibacy.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.
Welcome to Generation Overshare: Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, and the Politics of Self-Disclosure|Marlow Stern|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Various social-media sites and platforms have begun to chastise the new sports darling for, of all things, the upkeep of her hair.
Gabby Douglas Takes Two Olympic Golds—And Hair Criticism|Allison Samuels|August 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A husband cannot chastise his wife, but he may use force to restrain her from committing a violent criminal wrong.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Fearing for the safety of Galway, Sidney prepared to chastise the rebels in person.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
My opinion was that half a dozen lackeys should be sent to chastise monsieur, but mademoiselle decided otherwise.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
He would have given much to be able to chastise the insolent Englishman then and there.
The Bronze Eagle|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

British Dictionary definitions for chastise

chastise

/ (tʃæsˈtaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to discipline or punish, esp by beating

to scold severely

Derived forms of chastise

chastisable, adjectivechastisement (ˈtʃæstɪzmənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz-), nounchastiser, noun

Word Origin for chastise

C14 chastisen, irregularly from chastien to chasten

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