chastised

verb

past tense of chastise
1
as in scolded
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings a cold, distant father who rarely paid attention to his children except to chastise them

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in punished
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime the division of opinion regarding the appropriate way to chastise juvenile perpetrators of adult crimes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chastised Tlaib is also a prominent critic of Israel; her rhetoric has been chastised by Jewish colleagues as an antisemitic call for eradicating Jews, a charge the congresswoman and her supporters reject. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Granger chastised Abernethy in a series of emails, then took her concerns to Oberhelman, questioning his decision to assign her operations duties for the entire program in addition to her job coaching the divers. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 Trump famously chastised Zelenskyy in a 2025 Oval Office meeting and has pressured the Ukrainian president to give up land to satisfy Putin’s territorial desire for all of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 On Thursday, Vance chastised Israeli officials who were publicly criticizing the agreement. — Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 21 June 2026 An April 1959 editorial in The Times chastised residents who implied the Friends were trying to enrich themselves. — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 One of America’s best legal thinkers had just been chastised like a farm animal. — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026 Still, Coleman said some fans have chastised her for sharing photos with Bleu, who married his wife, Sasha Clements, in 2016. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 Trump has repeatedly chastised the media for not adequately reporting on his efforts to lower prescription drug prices. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastised
  1. scolded
  2. punished
  3. reprimanded
  4. lectured
  5. criticized
Verb
  • Mills was grabbed and scolded by defensive coordinator Aden Durde for his obvious no-no.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The curious boys climbed onto the roof of their home for a better look, but climbed back down when scolded by their grandmother.
    — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of scolded
Verb
  • Like Jacas, rookie Khalil Jacobs was punished a couple times for over-pursuing.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
  • When training concludes with small sided games, losing teams are punished with more running to end the session while the winning team can relax and watch.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of punished
Verb
  • Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Rangel, who relinquished his position as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee amid the inquiry, was eventually censured, the first time a congressman had been thusly reprimanded in public in almost three decades.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of reprimanded
Verb
  • We’re also lectured early on that Cole is a chess master, but his alleged intelligence never pays off.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • None of that made it into the discussion before Wilder lectured the girls about how to think.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lectured
Verb
  • He has also been criticized for his commentary about women in tennis.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The ceremonial head of Cambridge on Sunday defended the university’s decision and criticized media coverage of Arday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticized

Browse Nearby Words

chastise
chastised
chastisement
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Chastised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastised. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on chastised

Nglish: Translation of chastised for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of august

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 21

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
alt-684346df967d5
Add A Letter Quiz Pick the letter that goes in the same spot in fou...
See All