| VERB | communication | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | censure severely |
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| Sounds | chaestay'z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | censure severely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" | |
| Synonyms | castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | |
| Narrower | flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium |
| Broader | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily |
| Spanish | castigar, corregir, criticar, increpar, rectificar, reñir, reprender | |
| Catalan | castigar, increpar, punir | |
| Nouns | chastisement | verbal punishment |
| chastisement | a rebuke for making a mistake | |
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