chastise

  • 11chastise — transitive verb (chastised; chastising) Etymology: Middle English chastisen, alteration of chasten Date: 14th century 1. to inflict punishment on (as by whipping) 2. to censure severely …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12chastise — chastisable, adj. chastisement /chas tiz meuhnt, chas tuyz /, n. chastiser, n. /chas tuyz , chas tuyz/, v.t., chastised, chastising. 1. to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment. 2. to criticize severely. 3. Archaic. to restrain; chasten …

    Universalium

  • 13chastise — verb /ˈtʃæstaɪz/ To punish or scold someone …

    Wiktionary

  • 14chastise — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15chastise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. chasten, castigate, discipline. See punishment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scold, discipline, spank; see punish . See Synonym Study at punish . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16chastise — chas|tise [tʃæˈstaız] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: chaste to chasten ; CHASTEN] 1.) formal to criticize someone severely ▪ You re a fool, she chastised herself. 2.) old fashioned to physically punish someone >chastisement n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17chastise — chas|tise [ tʃæ staız ] verb transitive 1. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to criticize someone 2. ) OLD FASHIONED to punish someone by hitting them ╾ chas|tise|ment noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18chastise —  Not ize …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 19chastise — v. a. RG. 420 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 20chastise — chas·tise || tʃæ staɪz v. punish, discipline; criticize harshly …

    English contemporary dictionary

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