chastise

chas·tise

verb \(ˌ)chas-ˈtīz\

chas·tisedchas·tis·ing

Definition of CHASTISE

transitive verb

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

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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