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

Trump has also been chastened into a more realistic appreciation of Beijing’s power. — Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

The government of Qatar, perhaps chastened by the blockade, supplied two hundred million more. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

The party left both the 2016 and 2020 cycles chastened by predictions of huge gains that never materialized. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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

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