Chastise

Quick meaning: Chastise is a verb meaning (transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

Meaning

(transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To castigate; to scold or censure.

Example Sentences

My urban, academic friends chastise me for romanticizing rural life.

An army was sent to chastise an unoffending people; to subdue an imaginary insurrection.

Thus only the husband is in a position to chastise her, for his own relatives may not exert any physical force over her.

“There is a man who must be chastised,” she says softly, lightly. “Chastised in a physical way. It should not be difficult. Not for you.”

Word Forms

• chastises
• chastising
• chastised
• chastize

Synonyms for chastise

Depending on context, synonyms include chasten, penalize, amerce, castigate, correct, gruel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include castigate, chastize, objurgate, chasten, correct, punish.

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