Chastised definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHASTISED, pp. Punished; corrected. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chastise Chas*tise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen ... vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct ... from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson. Syn: See Chasten.
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (chastised; chastising) Etymology: Middle English chastisen, alteration of chasten Date: 14th ... 1913 Dictionary Chastise Chas*tise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen ... vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct ... from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson. Syn: See Chasten. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (chastises, chastising, chastised) If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily ...
... 1913 Dictionary Chastise Chas*tise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen ... vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct ... from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson. Syn: See Chasten.
... 2. Severely; rigorously; roughly. They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. 3. Keenly; acutely ... sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. --Spenser. The soldiers were ...
... The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions ... 12:11,14; 2Ch 10:11,14) says, "My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions ...