chastise

English

Alternative forms

chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)

Etymology

From Old French chastier, from Latin castigo. See also the doublets chasten, castigate and cf. also chaste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃæˈstaɪz/
Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

chastise (third-person singular simple present chastises, present participle chastising, simple past and past participle chastised)

To punish or scold someone.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Translations

to punish or scold

Bulgarian: нака́звам (bg) (nakázvam), би́я (bg) (bíja)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 训斥 (zh)
Finnish: kurittaa (fi), nuhdella (fi), ojentaa (fi)
French: châtier (fr)
Hungarian: megfenyít (hu)
Irish: ceartaigh
Italian: castigare (it)

Portuguese: castigar (pt)
Russian: нака́зывать (ru) (nakázyvatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏знити
Roman: kȁzniti (sh)
Spanish: castigar (es), regañar (es), escarmentar (es)
Swedish: skälla ut (sv), tukta (sv)