'Chastise' definitions:
Definition of 'chastise'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Chastise'
From: GCIDE
- Chastise \Chas*tise"\ (ch[a^]s*t[imac]z"; ch[a^]s"t[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised (ch[a^]s*t[imac]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten.]
- 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. [1913 Webster]
- How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. [1913 Webster]
- The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson.
- 3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
- Syn: castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [PJC]
- Syn: See Chasten. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chastise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonish,
- baste,
- beat,
- belabor,
- berate,
- birch,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- cane,
- castigate,
- censure,
- chasten,
- chide,
- correct,
- deal with,
- discipline,
- flog,
- have words with,
- inflict upon,
- lecture,
- masthead,
- objurgate,
- penalize,
- pillory,
- pummel,
- punish,
- rate,
- rebuke,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reprove,
- scold,
- scourge,
- set down,
- set straight,
- settle with,
- spank,
- square accounts,
- straighten out,
- take down,
- take to task,
- thrash,
- upbraid,
- visit upon,
- whip