释义
[ chas-tahyz , chas -tahyz ] SHOW IPA
/ tʃæsˈtaɪz, ˈtʃæs taɪz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), chas·tised, chas·tis·ing. to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
to criticize severely.
Archaic . to restrain; chasten.
Archaic . to refine; purify.
Origin of chastise 1275–1325; Middle English chastisen, equivalent to chasti (en ) to chasten + -s- < ? + -en infinitive suffix
SYNONYMS FOR chastise 1 punish, castigate; whip, beat, flog, spank.
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OTHER WORDS FROM chastise chas·tis·a·ble, adjective chas·tise·ment [chas -tiz-muh nt, chas-tahyz -], /ˈtʃæs tɪz mənt, tʃæsˈtaɪz-/, noun chas·tis·er, noun non·chas·tise·ment, noun self-chastise, verb (used with object), self·-chas·tised, self·-chas·tis·ing. self-chas·tise·ment, noun un·chas·tis·a·ble, adjective un·chas·tised, adjective un·chas·tis·ing, adjective
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Words nearby chastise Chassid, chassis, chaste, chasten, chaste tree, chastise , chastisement, chastity, chastity belt, chasuble, chat
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Dominic wore a light iron cuirass, which he never put off except to chastise himself.
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The idea may be that, if she is “out of breath,” she cannot chastise so much.
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If he commit iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
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The Schnorrer's audacity sobered Joseph Grobstock completely; it might have angered him to chastise the fellow, but it did not.
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Odoacer passed the Adriatic, to chastise the assassins of the emperor Nepos, and to acquire the maritime province of Dalmatia.
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British Dictionary definitions for chastise verb (tr) to discipline or punish, esp by beating
to scold severely
Derived forms of chastise chastisable , adjective chastisement (ˈtʃæstɪzmənt , tʃæsˈtaɪz- ), noun chastiser , noun Word Origin for chastise C14 chastisen, irregularly from chastien to chasten
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