Found 3 hits - Term: chastised, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chastised \chastised\ adj.
having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the
chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
syn: corrected, disciplined.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chastise \chastise"\ cha^stimacz"; cha^s"timacz, v.
t. imp. p. p. chastised cha^stimaczd"; 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
see also:
chastised chastising chasten
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
chastised
adj : punished for misbehavior; "the chastised child sat humbly in
the corner" syn: corrected, disciplined
see also:
corrected disciplined
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