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

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English chastisen, equivalent to chasti(en) “to chasten ” + -s-, of unknown origin + -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-chas·tise, verb (used with object), self-chas·tised, self-chas·tis·ing.self-chas·tise·ment, nounun·chas·tis·a·ble, adjectiveun·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.
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A 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 Diego
We 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|DAILY BEAST
West 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|DAILY BEAST

Latifah 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|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|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|DAILY BEAST
I—I shall be under the necessity of personally chastising you if you do not at once remove the image!
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays|Allen Chapman
Have you not touched the outstretched sceptre, submitted to the chastising rod, and gloried in the cross?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I|Francis Augustus Cox
Adam 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 Scott
She 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 Massinger
I 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

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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