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CHASTISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they chastise ... he / she / it chastises
Past simple: chastised
Past participle: chastised
-ing form: chastising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Censure severely
Example:
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Synonyms:
castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "chastise" is one way to...):
bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chew out; chew up; chide; dress down; have words; jaw; lambast; lambaste; lecture; rag; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; take to task; trounce (censure severely or angrily)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chastise"):
flame (criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
chastisement (verbal punishment)
chastisement (a rebuke for making a mistake)
