chastises in English

verb

1

rebuke or reprimand severely.

he chastised his colleagues for their laziness

synonyms: scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, lambaste, castigate, lecture, give someone a piece of one's mind, give someone a tongue-lashing, take to task, rake/haul over the coals, tell off, dress down, bawl out, blow up at, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, come down on someone like a ton of bricks, slap someone's wrist, rap over the knuckles, give someone hell, give someone what for, chew out, ream out, zing, chasten, reprehend

verb

• scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, lambaste, castigate, lecture, give someone a piece of one's mind, give someone a tongue-lashing, take to task, rake/haul over the coals, tell off, dress down, bawl out, blow up at, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, come down on someone like a ton of bricks, slap someone's wrist, rap over the knuckles, give someone hell, give someone what for, chew out, ream out, zing, chasten, reprehend
• objurgate, castigate, chasten, correct

Use "chastises" in a sentence

1. 155 Gallio chastises Paul’s accusers.

2. Tom chastises her for her past recklessness but agrees.

3. Synonyms for Castigates include lambastes, berates, censures, criticises, criticizes, chastises, rebukes, reprimands, admonishes and scolds

4. 3 Nephi 23:6–13 (The Savior chastises the Nephites for the incompleteness of their records)

5. When O'Donnell leaves, Dawn chastises Beth for forcing her hand but gives her the key to the drug locker so she can save Carol.

6. When the duke of York enters, he chastises Bolingbroke for coming back to England, but admits to being powerless to stop him, and finally offers him hospitality at Berkeley Castle.

7. Later, while Grandma attempts to order a pizza, she gets her phone smacked out by Boris, which Grandpa then chastises, then Caillou and Boue childishly taunt him.

8. Inflections of 'Chastise' (v): (⇒ conjugate) Chastises v 3rd person singular chastising v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb--for example, "a singing bird," "It is singing." Chastised v past verb, past simple: Past tense--for example, "He saw the man."