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单词 chastened
释义

chastenedadj.

/ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nd/
Etymology: < chasten v.1
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).
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