| 单词 | chastise |
| 释义 | chastise (once / 1031 pages) v Chastise is a fancy word for telling someone that something they did was really bad. If you pick your nose, your mom will probably yell at you. If you pick your nose in front of the Queen of England, your mom will chastise you. Back in the Middle Ages, chastise used to also come with a beating––that sense of the word has passed, and in fact, people tend to use chastise when they are trying to accuse someone else of overreacting. "You're chastising me for forgetting to feed the cat, but it's not like the cat died!" WORD FAMILYchastise: chastised, chastisement, chastises, chastising+/chastisement: chastisements USAGE EXAMPLESWhen she showed up with a 1-year-old to present a paper once, the male scientists chastised her. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But President George W. Bush was chastised for waiting three days before ending his monthlong vacation after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Many travelers use this column as a forum to chastise each other’s behavior. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) v censure severely She chastised him for his insensitive remarks Syn|Hypo|Hyper castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate flame criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce censure severely or angrily |
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