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She said the United Nations resolution amounted to chastising Israel for wanting to exist.chastising = criticizing
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She chastised him for his insensitive remarks.chastised = criticized
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He waited for his father to chastise Lily. (source)chastise = criticize
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Schoolteacher had chastised that nephew, (source)chastised = scolded or criticized
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Amelia Bloomer's trousers, meanwhile, finally found eager supporters in young female enthusiasts of the newly invented bicycle, and no amount of chastising from their parents, priests, or the press could induce girls to give up their "bloomers," or their bicycles. (source)chastising = scolding or criticizing
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If we saw him fighting, we chastised him no matter who was wrong. (source)chastised = scolded or criticized
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The boat's captain approached and chastised the crewmen.† (source)chastised = scolded or criticized
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The Count began to chastise himself: How could he have let Sofia play such a reckless game?† (source)
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But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement. (source)chastisement = scolding (punishing)
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Fache immediately marched Sophie several steps away and began chastising her in hushed tones.† (source)chastising = scolding or criticizing
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He endlessly chastises fellow clients, lets loose bigoted tirades and maligns Robinson for offering safe harbor to those who cuss, smoke or otherwise violate his sense of civility.† (source)chastises = scolds or criticizes
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HIS chastisements are mighty; and one smote me which has humbled me for ever.† (source)
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I am the chosen of the Lord, for who He loveth, so doeth He chastiseth.† (source)standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She chastiseth" in older English, today we would say "She chastises."
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This is that ancient doctrine of Nemesis,[120] who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised.† (source)unchastised = not scolded or criticizedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unchastised means not and reverses the meaning of chastised. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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I heard her with wonder: I could not comprehend this doctrine of endurance; and still less could I understand or sympathise with the forbearance she expressed for her chastiser.† (source)chastiser = someone who scolds or criticizes
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O powers underground, chastisers of dead men for breaking solemn oaths!† (source)
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