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(Entry 1 of 2)
- a chastising lecture on the proper care and feeding of the dog
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of chastising (Entry 2 of 2)
- a cold, distant father who rarely paid attention to his children except to chastise them
Synonyms for chastising
- basting,
- bawling out,
- berating,
- calling down,
- castigating,
- chewing out,
- dressing down,
- flaying,
- hammering,
- jawing,
- keelhauling,
- lambasting,
- lecturing,
- ragging,
- railing (at or against),
- ranting (at),
- rating,
- reaming (out),
- rebuking,
- reprimanding,
- reproaching,
- scolding,
- scoring,
- tongue-lashing,
- upbraiding
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- the division of opinion regarding the appropriate way to chastise juvenile perpetrators of adult crimes
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