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to chastise
01
to severely criticize, often with the intention of correcting someone's behavior or actions
Transitive: to chastise sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
chastise
3rd person singular
chastises
Present participle
chastising
Past simple
chastised
Past participle
chastised
Examples
The teacher chastised the student for disrupting the class with loud behavior.
Lexical Tree
chastisement
chastise
chaste
