chastise
chas·tise
transitive verb \(ˌ)chas-ˈtīz\chas·tisedchas·tis·ing
Definition of CHASTISE
1
: to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)
2
: to censure severely : castigate
3
archaic : chasten 2
— chas·tise·ment \(ˌ)chas-ˈtīz-mənt also ˈchas-təz-\ noun
— chas·tis·er \(ˌ)chas-ˈtī-zər\ noun
Examples of CHASTISE
- The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.
- The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.
Origin of CHASTISE
Middle English chastisen, alteration of chasten
First Known Use: 14th century
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Rhymes with CHASTISE
abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
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