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What is another word for chastises?

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To rebuke or reprimand severely

To physically punish, especially by beating

To punish or impose a penalty on someone

To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

To retaliate or get revenge

To destroy, especially with godly force

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To rebuke or reprimand severely

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

pummels^US

gives someone a dressing-down

lets someone have it

gives someone a telling-off

has a go at

gives someone a roasting

gives a rocket

raps over the knuckles

rants at

gives someone an earful

gives someone a bollocking

gives someone a rollicking

gives someone a caning

gives someone a wigging

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone some stick

gives someone a row

gives someone a rating

gives someone what for

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

gives a piece of one's mind

slaps someone's wrist

jumps down one's throat

takes to the woodshed

penalizes^US

penalises^UK

bites someone's head off

moralizes^US

moralises^UK

raps across the knuckles

has words

severely reprimands

gives someone a dressing down

tears someone a new one

gives someone a telling off

dishonors^US

disgraces

dishonours^UK

twits

belabors^US

potshots

takes disciplinary action against

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

belabours^UK

snaps someone's head off

gives someone a carpeting

criticizes hatefully

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives someone stick

criticizea strongly

tears down

metes out punishment to

expresses disapproval of

raps someone the knuckles

lays out

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives the dickens

lowers the boom

digs into

gives an injunction to

gives someone a ticking-off

browbeats

deflates

puts someone in their place

takes down a peg or two

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“But critics from Connecticut and elsewhere chastise his embrace of nuclear power.”

Verb

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To physically punish, especially by beating

beats the living daylights out of

gives someone a good hiding

gives someone a hiding

pummels^US

belabors^US

pulverizes^US

belabours^UK

brings someone to their knees

wins a resounding victory over

beats hollow

strikes down

beats up

blows out of the water

gives someone a drubbing

takes to the cleaners

pulverises^UK

gives someone a licking

welts

puts over one's knee

gives someone a hot bottom

puts someone over your knee

knocks into the middle of next week

gives the cat o'nine tails

gives someone a beating

gives someone a good drubbing

gives someone a good beating

brutalizes^US

brutalises^UK

beats someone's brains out

knocks someone's lights out

launches an attack on

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“His scoundrel of a father was known to chastise him with whips.”

Verb

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To punish or impose a penalty on someone

disciplines

punishes

penalises^UK

penalizes^US

metes out punishment to

comes down on like a ton of bricks

gives a lesson to

makes an example of

lays down the law

takes disciplinary action against

raps over the knuckles

raps knuckles

slaps someone's wrist

disciplines someone for

gives something a going-over

gives someone the works

inflicts a penalty on

slaps with

imposes a penalty on

exacts a penalty from

imposes a sentence on

awards a penalty against

pronounces sentence on

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“In such a scene, you might expect their deity to chastise them for their unbelief.”

Verb

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To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

excoriates

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

pummels^US

belabours^UK

belabors^US

gives someone a bad press

decries

gives someone a roasting

raps over the knuckles

picks to pieces

gives someone a rollicking

gives someone a bollocking

gives something a bad press

gives someone a dressing-down

passes strictures upon

jumps down someone's throat

has someone on the carpet

takes on

bites someone's head off

jumps on one's case

snaps someone's head off

jumps down one's throat

ostracizes^US

ostracises^UK

gives a tongue-lashing

expresses a poor opinion of

does a hatchet job on

slights

dumps on

libels

drags through the mud

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

stigmatizes^US

stigmatises^UK

gives something a battering

trivializes^US

dishonours^UK

dishonors^US

scandalizes^US

scandalises^UK

trivialises^UK

sullies the reputation of

drags through the mire

treats disrespectfully

brings into disrepute

flings mud at

tells lies about

conducts a smear campaign against

blackens the character of

laughs at

laughs off

runs a smear campaign against

blackens the reputation of

expresses disapprobation

sticks it to

climbs all over

expresses disapprobation of

hurts somebody's feelings

demonizes^US

demonises^UK

spreads scandal about

blackens someone's name

slings mud

runs smear campaign

rags on

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Verb

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To retaliate or get revenge

Verb

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To destroy, especially with godly force

pulverises^UK

pulverizes^US

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