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Synonyms for chasten
ˈtʃeɪ sənchas·ten
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
chasten
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Synonyms:
afflict, castigate, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, refine, soften, subdue, tryPreposition:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
chasten
Synonyms:
purify, discipline, chastise, correct, castigate, improve, spiritualize, afflict, refineAntonyms:
indulge, sensualize, brutalize, degrade, corrupt, pamper, carnalize, spoil, demoralize
Princeton's WordNet
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correctverb
censure severely
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
Synonyms:
right, tame, counterbalance, temper, redress, even out, objurgate, moderate, discipline, excoriate, reprobate, adjust, decry, correct, rectify, even up, condemn, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, make up, decline, castigate, slump, set, subduechasten, moderate, temperverb
restrain
Synonyms:
lead, temper, mince, hold in, tame, anneal, control, objurgate, moderate, hold, castigate, correct, curb, harden, soften, tone down, mollify, chastise, check, normalize, chair, season, subdue, containtame, chasten, subdueverb
correct by punishment or discipline
Synonyms:
get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, subdue, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, tame, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repress
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#189 | set | |
#234 | right | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#684 | try | |
#1060 | season | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1314 | master | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1990 | chair | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2700 | contain | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6635 | adjust | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12551 | curb | |
#15260 | compensate | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17439 | punish | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#19215 | temper | |
#21118 | condemn | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#22879 | tame | |
#24442 | cultivate | |
#26478 | redress | |
#27640 | harden | |
#28323 | slump | |
#30385 | soften | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#34991 | normalize | |
#36357 | purify | |
#50453 | mince | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#66240 | quash | |
#66548 | decry | |
#67974 | counterbalance | |
#73447 | afflict | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#108872 | anneal | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#118132 | reprobate | |
#159338 | mollify | |
#166077 | naturalize | |
#182964 | domesticate | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#296996 | excoriate |
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The point is not to bring down Merkel, but to chasten and force her to shift from 'open arms' to a more or less closed border to stem the refugee flow, i predict that Seehofer will succeed ... all the more so since she has been seriously weakened.
Being married to Chasten has made me a better man, and yes Mr. Vice President it has made me closer to god.
My marriage to Chasten has made me a better man. And yes, Mr. Vice President, it has moved me closer to God, that's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand : That if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator.
Pete's a different kind of candidate and Chasten Buttigieg want to build a different kind of campaign, chasten Buttigieg don't want to a top down, consultant-laden operation. Chasten Buttigieg want to be more like a startup, and Chasten Buttigieg want to build in a smart way and a steady way.
Chasten Buttigieg's personal responsibility seems to be lost in Pete Buttigieg's supply chain crisis.
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