Defenition of the word chastise

• Defenition of the word chastise

  • To administer disciplinary action.
  • censure severely; "She chastized him for his insensitive remarks"
  • censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
  • censure severely

Synonyms for the word chastise

• • castigate
  • censure
  • chasten
  • chastize
  • correct
  • discipline
  • give somebody a talking to
  • objurgate
  • penalize
  • punish
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reprove
  • tell off
  • telling somebody off

Similar words in the chastise

• • chastise
  • chastised
  • chastisement
  • chastisement's
  • chastisements
  • chastises

Hyponyms for the word chastise

• • flame

Hypernyms for the word chastise

• • bawl out
  • berate
  • call down
  • call on the carpet
  • check
  • chew out
  • chew up
  • chide
  • dress down
  • have words
  • jaw
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • rag
  • rebuke
  • remonstrate
  • reprimand
  • reproof
  • scold
  • take to task
  • trounce

See other words

• • What is undeviating
  • The definition of in a straight line
  • The interpretation of the word point in the right direction
  • What is meant by plain-spoken
  • The lexical meaning shortest
  • The dictionary meaning of the word put on the right track
  • The grammatical meaning of the word preside over
  • Meaning of the word directly
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word nonstop
  • The origin of the word knotty
  • Synonym for the word chastisement
  • Antonyms for the word disciplines
  • Homonyms for the word jurisdictional
  • Hyponyms for the word directed
  • Holonyms for the word obedience
  • Hypernyms for the word out of your depth
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word disciplined
  • Translation of the word in other languages inspections