verb
Meaning 1
To make chaste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purify
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chasten
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/
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rhymes with -eɪsən
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CMU ARPABET: CH EY1 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chastise, discipline, amerce, castigate, chasten, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide, give it to someone, give someone what for, give what for, gruel, malavogue, nail someone to the wall, penalize, penance, punish, tan someone's hide, tar out, teach someone a lesson
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To render humble or restrained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restrain, moderate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
correct by punishment or discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tame, subdue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 5
restrain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moderate, temper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 6
censure severely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chastise, castigate, objurgate, correct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
Narrower terms: flame
History
Etymology
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наказвам (nakazvam) — punish — see also punish