Explore Chastised through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like corrected or disciplined. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Chastised meaning
Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.
Synonyms of Chastised
Using Chastised
- The main meaning on this page is: Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.
- Useful related words include: corrected, disciplined, punished.
- In the example corpus, chastised often appears in combinations such as: chastised the, chastised for, chastised by.
Context around Chastised
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chastised
- In this selection, "chastised" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, officials, graves, smitherman, gospel, good and officials stand out and add context to how "chastised" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abacha and chastised members of and and was chastised for hyping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chastised" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chastised
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Graves chastised the Canada fans for their crude chant. (9 words)
Hikers are chastised for not slowing down and enjoying the journey. (11 words)
This decision was chastised by a number of fans and pundits. (11 words)
I want to add to the first sentence that I meant this in the context of men not being chastised at all for going after prostitutes and making Kabukicho one of the richest areas in Tokyo, while the women re being arrested. (42 words)
His opponents, which include populists on both the left and right of the political spectrum, have chastised the move as undemocratic and have taken it as confirmation of his neo-liberal government’s contempt for the working-class people of France. (41 words)
Calling his position ‘hypocritical, false and cheap’, she likened Miyanda to former Nigerian autocrat Sani Abacha and chastised members of parliament who were pushing for the removal of the judges who had made the landmark judgement. (36 words)
However, why should Steve alone break the rules and get rewarded for it when so many others get chastised? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Catholic Priest of Abuja Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma, has chastised gospel musicians who demand huge payments to perform in churches.
Earlier this month, state officials chastised a group of local groundwater control agencies for failing to set "minimum thresholds and measurable objectives" for countering subsidence as required by state law.
Graves chastised the Canada fans for their crude chant.
Hikers are chastised for not slowing down and enjoying the journey.
His opponents, which include populists on both the left and right of the political spectrum, have chastised the move as undemocratic and have taken it as confirmation of his neo-liberal government’s contempt for the working-class people of France.
I want to add to the first sentence that I meant this in the context of men not being chastised at all for going after prostitutes and making Kabukicho one of the richest areas in Tokyo, while the women re being arrested.
Last year she chastised Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway for the same clumsy mistake.
Smitherman chastised the black men of Oklahoma City for not coming to Chandler’s defense before it was too late.
Two lawyers who used ChatGPT to write their legal briefs were chastised by the court after it was found the chatbot invented nonexistent cases that it then cited as precedents.
A decade ago, he went before a Senate panel and was chastised for hyping so-called miracle weight loss products without substantial proof that they worked.
Clare Kelly (1st), the chair of the committee, chastised officials for offering scant details on the controversial stadium rebuild’s current status.
Four days after the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s flag was flying in Harvard Yard; New York Rep. Elise Stefanik later chastised President Claudine Gay for not affording Israel that same status after it invaded Gaza.
However, why should Steve alone break the rules and get rewarded for it when so many others get chastised?
Mayra Guillén chastised The Atlantic for using the death of her sister as political fodder two weeks before an election.
Nevertheless, Wanchope was chastised in the media and paid for it with his job, with the Costa Rican FA announcing the following morning that their manager had decided to "step aside".
This decision was chastised by a number of fans and pundits.
After leaving, Threepio chastised him for purposely hiding the message, then uttered this quote, which summed up their lover's spat quite effectively.
Amid the governor refusing to issue stay-at-home orders, Mr TenHaken said he would rather be "chastised for being over-cautious" than for not acting enough.
But the governor also chastised the younger Cuomo for letting their mother go to his house several weeks ago.
Calling his position ‘hypocritical, false and cheap’, she likened Miyanda to former Nigerian autocrat Sani Abacha and chastised members of parliament who were pushing for the removal of the judges who had made the landmark judgement.
Common combinations with chastised
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chastised the 12×
- chastised for 9×
- chastised by 6×
- was chastised 5×
- chastised him 5×
- also chastised 4×
- and chastised 4×
- chastised her 4×
- he chastised 4×
- has chastised 3×