chastise Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb censure severely
objurgate; chasten; castigate; correct.
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, ize, L. izare, G. . See Chasten.

imperfect & past participle Chastised ; present participle & verbal noun Chastising

To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. Shak.

I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.
Syn. -- See Chasten.