chastise
censure severely
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
• Syn:
castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective (for: correct), objurgation (for: objurgate), castigation (for: castigate), chastisement
• Hypernyms:
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down,
scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
• Hyponyms:
flame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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