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as in to punish
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner
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as in to humiliate
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
the unexpected loss to a second-rate player really chastened the tournament's top-seeded tennis star
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Recent Examples of chasten
Since a chastening defeat to Coco Gauff in Toronto in 2022, Sabalenka has completely remade her serve, eliminating the sprees of double faults that used to pepper her matches.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
But his tenure has also been punctuated by a number of chastening defeats and performances over the last two seasons have heaped pressure on the manager.
—Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In executing their arrest warrant—the first against a sitting South Korean President—law enforcement officials avoided a repeat of tense scenes from Jan. 3, when they were blocked from detaining Yoon for five-and-a-half hours by his security staff, before finally beating a chastening retreat.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
As should be expected, Ancelotti was reminded about a chastening 0-4 defeat to Hansi Flick's men last time out at the Bernabeu.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
But his tenure has also been punctuated by a number of chastening defeats and performances over the last two seasons have heaped pressure on the manager.
—Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In executing their arrest warrant—the first against a sitting South Korean President—law enforcement officials avoided a repeat of tense scenes from Jan. 3, when they were blocked from detaining Yoon for five-and-a-half hours by his security staff, before finally beating a chastening retreat.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
As should be expected, Ancelotti was reminded about a chastening 0-4 defeat to Hansi Flick's men last time out at the Bernabeu.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasten
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By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the GOP, he’s been able to punish heretics and elevate loyalists committed to advancing his agenda and interests.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Nobody who voted for Trump last year did so to punish or annex Canada — or indeed Greenland, Panama or any other place that Trump is picking on.—
Andreas Kluth,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trump World even humiliated Abe by letting it be known that Abe had nominated the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The temptation for Russia to humiliate London and Paris - by breaking any ceasefire with an attack carried out hundreds of miles away from British and French troops stuck in the capital - could prove hard to resist.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Influencers and consumers alike took to platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to discredit the brand and show their support for competitors such as Olipop.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Roberts had been a judge for only about two years when he was nominated for the Supreme Court, so his judicial record was quite thin, and some Democrats and their allies hoped to point to his work as a lawyer to discredit him.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
29 Mar. 2025
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But the medical-looking royal blue bottles of nicotine lozenges embarrassed her.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many of them had to fail, repeat, embarrass themselves, risk everything, and learn.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Chasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasten. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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