About The Word Chastise
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Chastise
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What's The Definition Of Chastise?
[v] censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Chastise: castigate | chasten | correct | objurgate Related Terms | Find terms related to Chastise: admonish | baste | beat | belabor | berate | birch | bring to account | bring to book | call to account | cane | castigate | censure | chasten | chide | correct | deal with | discipline | flog | have words with | inflict upon | lecture | masthead | objurgate | penalize | pillory | pummel | punish | rate | rebuke | reprehend | reprimand | reprove | scold | scourge | set down | set straight | settle with | spank | square accounts | straighten out | take down | take to task | thrash | upbraid | visit upon | whip See Also | bawl out | berate | chew out | chew up | chide | dress down | flame | have words | jaw | lambast | lambaste | lecture | rag | rebuke | remonstrate | reprimand | reproof | scold | trounce Chastise In Webster's Dictionary \Chas*tise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chastised}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chastising}.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen
+ modern -ise, ize, L. izare, G. ?. See {Chasten}.]
1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other
manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to
punish, as with stripes.
How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise
me. --Shak.
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting
chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle.
2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to
free from faults or excesses.
The gay, social sense, by decency chastised.
--Thomson.
Syn: See {Chasten}.
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