Used in a Sentence

chastised

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chastised.

Editorial note

Do you get chastised by your homeworld when you walk up to the line like that?

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chastised gathered in one view.

adjective

Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chastised.

Example sentences

1

Do you get chastised by your homeworld when you walk up to the line like that?

2

Part of me will always be on edge expecting to be chastised, even if that were never directed to me.

3

Jony Ive at Apple spends 12 hours at work because he's passionate and not because he's being chastised by Tim Cook.

4

That answer was down voted, and then the user was chastised by someone, telling them off for answering an old question.

5

You are then chastised (often at length) by other NPCs for your folly.

6

But I can't see why a German company writing code would be chastised for writing their code in German.

7

I think this was due to being chastised as a child for not taking good messages.

8

Any time someone checks in commented out code, they get chastised.

9

Although I was late to read it, this comment is at least as bad as the one I chastised in this thread.

10

It's much easier to be chastised for criticizing someone's religion.

11

It's not like prior attempts didn't function as expected - they did - but we in the industry chastised them for being too strict.

12

I was of course chastised because it took longer than expected.

Quote examples

1

They are at once chastised for "inoculating" themselves from working class culture, and for embracing it.

2

See the article: "Ever since switching to particularly thin weights of Helvetica Neue in iOS 7, Apple has been chastised for using a font that emphasizes clean lines over readability, and San Francisco is intended to solve this."

3

We were told regularly we were "empowered" and to speak up when we had any doubts or anxiety or saw a problem with our plan, but when we did it we were either chastised or disregarded or in some cases convinced it wasn't an issue.

4

Hoping to prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said "Master, I have heard that objects are a very good thing - is this true?" Qc Na looked pityingly at his student and replied, "Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man's closures." Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell, intent on studying closures.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chastised in a sentence?

Do you get chastised by your homeworld when you walk up to the line like that?

What does chastised mean?

Having been severely scolded or punished; have received chastisement.

What part of speech is chastised?

chastised is commonly used as adjective.