chastise

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Old French chastier, from Latin castigo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæstaɪz/
• Rhymes: -æstaɪz

Verb

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

1. To punish or scold someone.

Translations

to punish or scold

• Bulgarian: нака́звам (bg) (nakázvam), би́я (bg) (bíja)
• Finnish: ojentaa (fi)
• French: châtier (fr)
• Irish: ceartaigh
• Italian: castigare (it)
• Portuguese: castigar (pt)
• Russian: нака́зывать (ru) (nakázyvatʹ)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ка̏знити

  Roman: kȁzniti

• Spanish: castigar (es)
• Swedish: skälla ut (sv), tukta (sv)

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

See also

• punish
• castigate