单词 | chastened |
释义 | chastenedadj. 1. Corrected by disciplinary punishment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > made humble meekeda1382 meekened1539 humbleda1616 abased1658 chasteneda1785 state-fallen1845 society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > punished punisheda1525 chasteneda1785 penalized1848 zapped1962 a1785 J. W. Fletcher Posthumous Pieces (1791) 278 Chastened, spared like you. 2. Refined, purified (in character, feeling, style). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > purifying or refining > purified or refined mellowed1575 chaste1774 chastened1794 chastised1794 trashless- 1794 R. Southey To Hymen in Lyric Poems Chasten'd Friendship comes. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 245 A poem..written in the chastened tone of fine taste. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 150 The more chastened writings of Roman and Grecian lore. 3. Restrained from excess; subdued; tempered. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > become or made less violent or severe temperate1398 alleviate1531 mitigated1546 mollified1581 swageda1603 well-tempered1602 castigate1642 tempered1654 slackened1725 castigated1728 temperated1737 subsided1753 moderated1773 chastised1790 softened1794 mildeneda1802 modulateda1806 relaxed1825 chastened1844 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. ix. 128 The return, though in a more chastened form. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 84 The chastened light told us that day was departing. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vi. 45 A chastened hope was predominant in both our breasts. Derivatives ˈchastenedly adv. rare ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb] methelyeOE methefully?c1225 measurelyc1350 temprelyc1386 moderatelya1398 attemperately1525 temperately1525 modestlyc1550 castigately1707 soberly1849 chastenedly1873 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 30 I..prepare to be chastenedly and moderately glad to see them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1785 |
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