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chastise
[ chas-tahyz, chas-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to criticize severely.
- Archaic. to restrain; chasten.
- Archaic. to refine; purify.
chastise
/ tʃæsˈtaɪz-; tʃæsˈtaɪz; ˈtʃæstɪzmənt /
verb
- to discipline or punish, esp by beating
- to scold severely
Derived Forms
- chastisement, noun
- ˈپ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·پ·· adjective
- ·پ·Գ [chas, -tiz-m, uh, nt, chas-, tahyz, -], noun
- ·پ· noun
- non··پ·Գ noun
- -·پ verb (used with object) selfchastised selfchastising
- self-·پ·Գ noun
- un··پ·· adjective
- ܲ··پ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chastise1
Example Sentences
The strike comes as other unions have begun to publicly chastise the L.A.
Judge Xinis' 22-page opinion chastises US officials for claiming that there was little they could do to remedy what they have described as an "administrative error" that led to his deportation.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., also reportedly witnessed the conflict and chastised Lake for talking to a senator like that.
Of course, in London where weed still remains illegal, they were sometimes “chastised” by passersby but “we didn’t give a f—, ‘cause this is what we do!”
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said that the administration was "playing fast and loose with our nation's most classified info" and chastised the Trump officials in a series of posts to X.
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