chastened

past tense of chasten
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Recent Examples of chastened Many have read Gödel and come away chastened by the limits of certainty—without concluding, as Richardson did, that the logical next step was to spend your life playing cards and paying prostitutes. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastened
Verb
  • One employee claimed McCarthy punished employees who complained about his management by reducing their roles in journalistic projects.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That mismatch, where management is rewarded while shareholders are punished, is a classic sign of weak governance.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Inter Miami, clearly humiliated, let out its frustrations after the final whistle, when several Miami players, led by Luis Suarez, got into a scuffle with Seattle players.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Having been humiliated at a college party, proceeds to use his tech skills to hack into the accounts of his peers and get revenge.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, however, Lowell’s ideas were discredited—Schiaparelli, once an ally, renounced them—and the world moved on.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • By the end of the year, the cold fusion bubble had burst, the technology was discredited, and the concept relegated to bad spy fiction and conspiracy theories.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The bad weather may have been a better option for the Dolphins as they were embarrassed by the Colts, with a final score of 30-8.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Getty Images The President fired the nation’s top labor statistician because the jobs numbers embarrassed him.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ever a student of Yankee lore, Judge was clearly humbled by the distinction.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • One hundred days ago, I was humbled to once again take the oath of office as mayor of Waukegan.
    Sam Cunningham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Chastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastened. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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