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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chas•ten /ˈtʃeɪsən/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to inflict punishment or suffering upon (someone) in order to correct:The huge defeat chastened the overconfident team.
- to make humble or restrained:We were chastened by the knowledge of how little we really knew.
chas•ten•ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chas•ten (chā′sən),USA pronunciation v.t. - to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement;
chastise. - to restrain;
subdue:Age has chastened his violent temper. - to make chaste in style.
- Latin castigāre; see castigate
- Old French chastier
- 1520–30; chaste + -en1; replacing chaste (verb, verbal), Middle English chastien
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discipline, punish.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humble.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged purify, simplify.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indulge.
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