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chastisesverbpresent tense third-person singular of chastise to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsa cold, distant father who rarely paid attention to his children except to chastise them bastes, bawls out, berates, calls down, castigates, chews out, dresses down, flays, hammers, jaws, keelhauls, lambastes(or lambasts), lectures, rags, rails (at or against), rants (at), rates, reams (out), rebukes, reprimands, reproaches, scolds, scores, tongue-lashes, upbraids admonishes, chides, remonstrates (with), reprovesabuses, assails, attacks, bad-mouths, blames, blasts, censures, condemns, criticizes, crucifies, denounces, disses(slang), excoriates, faults, harangues, knocks, laces (into), lashes, pans, reprehends, reviles, scourges, slams, vituperatesbelittles, disparages, mocks, puts downridicules, scoffs, scorns lays into, reads the riot act (to), takes to task approves, endorses(also indorses), sanctionsextols(also extolls), lauds, praises to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crimethe division of opinion regarding the appropriate way to chastise juvenile perpetrators of adult crimes castigates, chastens, corrects, disciplines, penalizes, punishes assesses, charges, docks, fines, imposes, levies, mulctsconvicts, sentencescondemns, damns, denouncescriticizes, keelhauls, rebukes, reprimands, reproveswreaks excuses, pardons, spares forfeitsgets off, ransoms, releasescommutes, reprievesabsolves, acquits, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates |