chastised

past tense of chastise
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Recent Examples of chastised Kelley is chastised and eventually replaced by Gustave Gilbert (Colin Hanks), a rival psychologist with a different take, one that opposes Kelley’s more humanistic approach in defining the horrors of that time. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025 He was chastised, mocked, and even beaten with stones for his family’s antislavery views, until finally his parents pulled him from school and found a private tutor whose curriculum accorded with their own beliefs. Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Her biological father chastised her. Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 Healey also chastised the company for failing to return her phone calls. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastised
Verb
  • Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lox's reaction to being scolded.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Raphinha is not the first player Flick has punished over timekeeping during his time at Barcelona.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has already punished nations like India with tariffs for buying Russian oil.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • San Juan Unified School District Trustee Nick Bloise was formally reprimanded by the board in relation to his behavior during a school site visit.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Geier, who has a bachelor’s degree in biology, has also been reprimanded by the Maryland Board of Physicians for practicing medicine without a medical license.
    Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vance lectured Zelenskyy and argued the wartime leader hadn’t shown proper gratitude for the billions of dollars in military assistance the United States has given to his country.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • We weren’t being lectured to anymore.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The two criticized a number of countries, including France, Canada, Australia and others that are set to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this month.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Although another wrinkle in this saga, Kuminga's relationship with head coach Steve Kerr, has been criticized by the greater basketball world, Charania and Slater reported that there is no longer a rift.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Chastised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastised. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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