MEANING
1. To criticize someone sharply for a fault or misconduct.
2. To punish someone, especially through physical discipline.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- chastise for an error
- publicly chastise
On the page
The editor chastised him for inventing the quotation.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- chastise
- Past tense
- chastised
- Past participle
- chastised
- Present participle
- chastising
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- chastise
- Present continuous
- am/is/are chastising
- Present perfect
- have/has chastised
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been chastising
- Past
- chastised
- Past continuous
- was/were chastising
- Past perfect
- had chastised
- Past perfect continuous
- had been chastising
- Future
- will chastise
- Future continuous
- will be chastising
- Future perfect
- will have chastised
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been chastising
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: chastise; chastises; chastised; chastised; chastising Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: chastises.
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