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

1. The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.
2. The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.

Origin of CHASTISE

Middle English chastisen, alteration of chasten

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CHASTISE

Synonyms

baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, scold, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraid

Antonyms

excuse, pardon, spare

Related Words

admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove; abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate; belittle, disparage, mock, put down; ridicule, scoff, scorn

Near Antonyms

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; extol (also extoll), laud, praise

See Synonym Discussion at punish

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