chastise
pronunciation
How to pronounce chastise in British English:
UK [tʃæˈstaɪz]
How to pronounce chastise in American English:
US [tʃæsˈtaɪz, ˈtʃæsˌtaɪz]
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- Verb:
- censure severely
Word Origin
- chastise (v.)
- c. 1300, chastisen, from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten) + -ise, though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised; chastising. He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913]
Synonym
Example
- 1. Should I applaud my husband or chastise him ?
- 2. Chastise a bully by giving him a thrashing ;
- 3. There is no sin to chastise them for .
- 4. Kim jong-eun won 't have that same power to chastise mr chang or his father 's top brass .
- 5. Given the cost of government bail-outs , why chastise the only prudent investment bank ?