Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having bad behavior criticised and punished.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
chastise .
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Examples
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On the Wonk Room, Igor Volsky points out that McCain chastised Mullen and Defense Secretary Gates for formulating an opinion on DADT before consulting him.
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On the Wonk Room, Igor Volsky points out that McCain chastised Mullen and Defense Secretary Gates for formulating an opinion on DADT before consulting him.
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"Since then not to be chastised is a mark of bastardy, we ought [not to refuse, but] rejoice in chastisement, as a mark of our genuine sonship" [Chrysostom].
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Newsome reported, When Nichols weight plateaued at 280 pounds, she says Shamblin chastised her for not losing more and told her to ’stop being a billboard for sin.’
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She has "chastised" me for giving the children too many gifts.
Ask Amy 2010
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For if he be 'chastised' who does 'not discern,' i.e. distinguish, the body of the Lord from other meats, how must he be
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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You might think he would demand more of an explanation, but most people don’t want to set themselves up to be chastised, which is what he will be asking for if he pushes it.
THE SURRENDERED SINGLE ALSO BY LAURA DOYLE 2002
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I love my parents and don't suffer any psychological trauma from being 'chastised' for breaking the rules.
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Vince Cable, the Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, asked if the government had been embarrassed at being "chastised" by the EU and pointed out that ministers have not said where the cuts would fall.
Epolitix News 2010
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Psychiatrist Paul Whitehead told the court that Smart had been "chastised" by Mitchell and
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