English to Catalan Meaning of chastise - castigar


Chastise :
castigar

castigar, governar per a l'orientació, control per a l'orientació, batre, assotar, colpejar, correcte, donar

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Definitions of chastise in English
Verb(1) censure severely
Examples of chastise in English
(1) He said he would not chastise his brother for not returning home to visit the family or contact them.(2) It seems ironic that some would criticize the military for providing that opportunity when they chastise other departments for failing to.(3) For instance, they don't hesitate to chastise a colleague, even if he is a personal friend, for incompetent work.(4) In such a scene, you might expect God to chastise the people for their unbelief - or even to exact punishment on them.(5) But critics from Connecticut and elsewhere chastise his embrace of nuclear power.(6) Many report being severely chastised if they spoke to anyone outside the employer's house and of being locked in when the rest of the household was away.(7) However, sadly, there are too many people for whom physical chastisement or emotional abuse is the normal pattern of behaviour, irrespective of whether they are natural born parents or a de facto partner of a parent.(8) One of the women started chastising the children in that ridiculous singsong voice that parents use with kids to induce guilt (which seldom works).(9) ÔÇÿCommunities lead with their moral voice, appreciating those who act responsibly, and chastising those who do not,ÔÇÖ Etzioni writes.(10) Instead of chastising their son, they just tell me that this is natural for a man of his age.(11) One woman demonstrably took his side when it was obvious that our glances and verbalizations were chastisements .(12) He took out his horsewhip and chastised them, and then he fell on his knees and prayed for their souls.(13) Most people come to parenthood with a determination to spare their children the deprivations and chastisements of their own youth.(14) Courtenay feels his mother's desperate need so acutely that he can be unduly harsh, chastising his younger self for the visits he never made or the letters he never wrote back because it became too painful an imposition.(15) Society celebrates certain kinds of choice, while chastising and reprimanding others.(16) Abraham had a penchant for being critical and had no hesitation in publicly chastising his colleagues, regardless of their rank or position.
(1) chaste tree ::
arbre cast
Synonyms
Verb
1. scold ::
reny
2. upbraid ::
reprendre a
3. berate ::
regañarse
4. reprimand ::
reprimenda
5. reprove ::
reprendre
6. rebuke ::
reprensió
7. admonish ::
amonestar
8. chide ::
reprendre a
9. censure ::
censura
10. lambaste ::
criticar severament
11. castigate ::
castigar
12. lecture ::
Conferència
15. take to task ::
reprendre
17. tell off ::
formar per números
18. dress down ::
reprendre
19. bawl out ::
cridar a terme
20. blow up at ::
explotar en
21. give someone an earful ::
donar a algú una oïda ple
22. give someone a roasting ::
donar a algú un torrat
24. slap someone's wrist ::
mans del canell d'una persona
25. rap over the knuckles ::
rap sobre els artells
26. give someone hell ::
donar a algú l'infern
27. give someone what for ::
donar a algú el que per a
28. chew out ::
mastegar a terme
29. ream out ::
raima a terme
30. zing ::
gust
31. chasten ::
castigar
32. reprehend ::
reprendre
Antonyms
1. excuse ::
excusa
2. pardon ::
perdó
3. spare ::
de recanvi
Different Forms
chastise, chastised, chastisement, chastisements, chastises, chastising
Word Example from TV Shows
And you sit beside this pretender
and chastise me.

And you sit beside this pretender and CHASTISE me.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 4

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