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- pronunciation:
- chae
staIz
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
chastises, chastising, chastised |
| definition 1: |
to criticize harshly.
The priest was chastised by the church for espousing radical ideas.The principal chastised the boy, saying she would expel him if his behavior did not improve.- synonyms:
- berate, castigate, censure, condemn, excoriate, flay, fulminate against, lambaste, objurgate, rebuke, tongue-lash, upbraid
- antonyms:
- praise
- similar words:
- admonish, bawl out, chew out, chide, criticize, reprimand, reprove, scold, take to task
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| definition 2: |
to punish, often corporally.
The masters frequently chastised the students with a cane.- synonyms:
- punish
- similar words:
- beat, belt, cane, castigate, cuff, discipline, lambaste, objurgate, slap, smack, spank, thrash, wallop, whip
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| related words: |
chasten, correct, lash, pay, punish, rap, rate, rebuke, score, scourge |
| derivations: |
chastisable (adj.), chastisement (n.), chastiser (n.) |
The word chastise
contains the following part:
-ize, -ise
Greek
verb-forming suffix
that means to turn into or cause to be
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ize
, -ise
forms transitive verbs from adjectives (civilize
) and nouns (crystallize
). The oldest English verbs ending in -ize
were loanwords from Greek (baptize
, catechize).
Example words:
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