Synonyms of chastened

chastened

verb

past tense of chasten

1

as in punished

to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime

chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punished
• fined
• disciplined
• chastised
• corrected
• penalized
• criticized
• castigated
• sentenced
• convicted
• assessed
• imposed
• condemned
• levied
• charged
• reprimanded
• docked
• rebuked
• denounced
• mulcted
• damned
• reproved
• wreaked
• keelhauled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spared
• excused
• pardoned
• forfeited
• released
• got off
• vindicated
• commuted
• acquitted
• exonerated
• ransomed
• absolved
• reprieved
• exculpated

2

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

the unexpected loss to a second-rate player really chastened the tournament's top-seeded tennis star

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• discredited
• embarrassed
• humbled
• shamed
• disgraced
• confused
• degraded
• dishonored
• rattled
• insulted
• debased
• abased
• demeaned
• smirched
• lowered
• mortified
• criticized
• cheapened
• disconcerted
• took down
• diminished
• flustered
• fouled
• nonplussed
• abashed
• ridiculed
• discomfited
• sank
• confounded
• fazed
• discountenanced
• minimized
• disparaged
• maligned
• condemned
• belittled
• affronted
• detracted
• castigated
• discounted
• decried
• slandered
• defiled
• depreciated
• defamed
• libeled
• censured
• cried down
• denounced
• wrote off
• damned
• execrated
• reprehended
• put down
• reprobated
• bad-mouthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exalted
• elevated
• praised
• cheered
• cited
• applauded
• honored
• decorated
• saluted
• acknowledged
• commended
• recognized
• deified
• celebrated
• congratulated
• canonized
• hailed
• complimented
• lauded
• boasted
• feted
• extolled
• eulogized
• acclaimed
• aggrandized
• touted
• highlighted
• dignified
• ennobled
• magnified
• lifted
• uplifted
• enthroned
• enshrined
• played up
• promoted
• advanced
• glorified
• raised
• spotlighted
• upgraded
• boosted
• idealized
• romanticized
• enskied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chastened

Latter-day stars politely shrug off the comparisons; fans are chastened by having witnessed how fame — and a craving for control — undid their favorite performer. — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Thaksin, recently chastened by an eight-month prison term, has gone quiet. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

Perhaps my sisters would say that my sojourn in Kansas and Missouri, and then all the way to Massachusetts to visit my dead husband’s family, chastened me. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

By now too many of us are wary of what’s being sold — sensitized by two years of deepfakes and soft slop, chastened by two decades of social media and rage-farming. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026

Russia and China, though chastened by their inability to protect Venezuela, retain a strong interest in propping up Havana, given Cuba’s location just 90 miles south of Key West. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026

But do the hierarchy want another frank agitator in Maresca, having been sufficiently chastened by Amorim’s semi-regular public declarations? — Peter South, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026

Further, chastened by the backlash, the Warren Court, for the next four years with rare exceptions, maintained the status quo on a broad array of issues. — Time, 14 Nov. 2025

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