chasten

/'tʃeisn/

Thân thiện

She chastened her son for not doing his homework.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To discipline or correct by punishment: To use punishment or severe criticism to improve someone's behavior or character.
   • To restrain or subdue: To make someone feel subdued or humbled, often by an experience that makes them aware of their limitations or faults.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The defeat chastened the arrogant team. (The loss made the team less arrogant.)
  • He was chastened by his teacher's sharp criticism of his careless work. (The teacher's criticism made him feel humbled and more careful.)
  • The difficult journey chastened the explorers, teaching them respect for the wilderness. (The hardship of the journey subdued the explorers' overconfidence.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be chastened by experience": to become more humble or restrained as a result of a difficult or sobering event.
  • The CEO was chastened by the failure of his ambitious project.
• A chastening experience: An event that serves to discipline or humble someone.
  • Losing the election was a chastening experience for the veteran politician.

Variants and Related Words

• Chastening (adjective): Serving to discipline or humble.
  • The reviews were a chastening reminder that he still had much to learn.
• Chastisement (noun): The act of chastising; severe criticism or punishment.
  • He faced chastisement from the committee for his breach of protocol.
• Chastise (verb): To reprimand or criticize severely. (Note: This is a closely related but distinct verb, often implying verbal rebuke rather than the subduing effect of 'chasten'.)
  • The manager chastised the employee for the security lapse.

Synonyms

• Discipline: To train or correct by punishment or rules.
• Humble: To lower in dignity or importance; to make meek.
• Subdue: To bring under control, especially by persuasion or force.
• Mortify: To cause someone to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(Note: 'Chasten' is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

• A chastening blow: A setback or event that serves to discipline or humble.
  • The stock market crash was a chastening blow to overconfident investors.

Học thuật

Verb

1. correct by punishment or discipline
2. restrain
3. censure severely
   • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tame
• subdue
• moderate
• temper
• chastise
• castigate
• objurgate
• correct