Definition of chastises Chastises
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What does chastises mean?
Part of speech
🔤- chastises, verb, present, 3rd person singular of chastise (infinitive).
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| chastise - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" | ||
| castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | ||
| bawl out, reproof, have words, chide, chew up, chew out, call on the carpet, take to task, berate, rebuke, scold, reprimand, lecture, lambaste, lambast, dress down, call down, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" | ||
| flame criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chastise (v. t.)
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. - chastise (v. t.)
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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chastise
To administer disciplinary action.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chastise
chas-tīz′, v.t. to inflict punishment upon for the purpose of correction: to reduce to order or to obedience.—adj. Chastīs′able.—n. Chas′tisement
Part of speech
🔤- chastise, verb, present, 1st person singular of chastise (infinitive).
- chastise, verb (infinitive).
