chastenedadj.
/ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nd/ 1. Corrected by disciplinary punishment.
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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).
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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.
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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
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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.
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