chastisableadj.
/tʃaˈstʌɪzəb(ə)l/ That may be chastised; deserving of chastisement.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > worthy of rebuke
reprovablea1382
reprehensiblec1384
viciousc1386
reprobable?a1475
reprehendablea1500
rebukeful1530
rebukable1551
chastisable1611
castigable1716
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chastiable, chasticeable; fit to be chastised.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Chastiseable.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 241/1 A more pernicious or chastisable guild of touts it has never been my lot to encounter.
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