Australian English Meaning of chastise
chastise
Other Australian English words related to chastise
- criticise
- lecture
- Reprimand
- scold
- admonish
- give someone a dressing down
- tell off
- blame
- Call down
- castigate
- chew out
- scold
- Dress down
- fault
- flay
- lambaste
- lambast
- mock
- rag
- Rebuke
- reproach
- scold
- rail (at or against)
- (to give a dressing-down)
- Abuse
- Baste
- belittle
- blast
- censure
- condemn
- crucify
- denounce
- disparage
- diss
- excoriate
- hammer
- harangue
- jaw
- keelhaul
- knock
- Lash
- to criticize severely
- pan
- rate
- Reprimand
- Reprove
- revile
- ridicule
- scoff
- score
- contempt
- scourge
- slam
- Take to task
- vilify
- bad-mouth
- Lace (into)
- rant (at)
- read the riot act (to)
- remonstrate (with)
- tell off
Nearest Words of chastise
Definitions and Meaning of chastise in English
chastise (v)
censure severely
chastise (v. t.)
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.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
FAQs About the word chastise
chastise
censure severelyTo inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes., To
criticise,lecture,Reprimand,scold,admonish,give someone a dressing down,tell off,blame,Call down,castigate
approve,Endorse,endorse,sanction,extol,Praise,Praise,extol
chastisable => punishable, chastening => disciplining, chasteness => chastity, chastener => chastener, chastened => Chastened,
