English to Esperanto Meaning of chastise - punu

Chastise :

punu

verb

punu, regi por gvidado, kontrolo por gvidado, batis, skurĝi, striko, puni, ĝusta, donu

Chastise :: punuChastised :: punadisChastisement :: punoChastisements :: chastisementsChastises :: punasChastising :: punis

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Definitions of chastise in English

Verb(1) censure severely

Examples of chastise in English

(1) He said he would not chastise his brother for not returning home to visit the family or contact them.(2) It seems ironic that some would criticize the military for providing that opportunity when they chastise other departments for failing to.(3) For instance, they don't hesitate to chastise a colleague, even if he is a personal friend, for incompetent work.(4) In such a scene, you might expect God to chastise the people for their unbelief - or even to exact punishment on them.(5) But critics from Connecticut and elsewhere chastise his embrace of nuclear power.(6) Many report being severely chastised if they spoke to anyone outside the employer's house and of being locked in when the rest of the household was away.(7) However, sadly, there are too many people for whom physical chastisement or emotional abuse is the normal pattern of behaviour, irrespective of whether they are natural born parents or a de facto partner of a parent.(8) One of the women started chastising the children in that ridiculous singsong voice that parents use with kids to induce guilt (which seldom works).(9) ├ö├ç├┐Communities lead with their moral voice, appreciating those who act responsibly, and chastising those who do not,├ö├ç├û Etzioni writes.(10) Instead of chastising their son, they just tell me that this is natural for a man of his age.(11) One woman demonstrably took his side when it was obvious that our glances and verbalizations were chastisements .(12) He took out his horsewhip and chastised them, and then he fell on his knees and prayed for their souls.(13) Most people come to parenthood with a determination to spare their children the deprivations and chastisements of their own youth.(14) Courtenay feels his mother's desperate need so acutely that he can be unduly harsh, chastising his younger self for the visits he never made or the letters he never wrote back because it became too painful an imposition.(15) Society celebrates certain kinds of choice, while chastising and reprimanding others.(16) Abraham had a penchant for being critical and had no hesitation in publicly chastising his colleagues, regardless of their rank or position.

(1) chaste tree ::

ĉasta arbo

Synonyms

Verb

1. scold ::

riproĉi

2. upbraid ::

riprocxi

3. berate ::

berate

4. reprimand ::

atentigo

5. reprove ::

riprocxojn

6. rebuke ::

riproĉon

7. admonish ::

admoni

8. chide ::

malpacas

9. censure ::

malaprobo

10. lambaste ::

lambaste

11. castigate ::

castigate

12. lecture ::

lekcio

15. take to task ::

prenu al tasko

17. tell off ::

diru for

18. dress down ::

vesti malsupren

19. bawl out ::

bawl eksteren

20. blow up at ::

eksplodigi ĉe

21. give someone an earful ::

doni iun al earful

22. give someone a roasting ::

doni iun al rosti

24. slap someone's wrist ::

vangofrapo ies pojno

25. rap over the knuckles ::

Repo fingrartikojn

26. give someone hell ::

doni al iu la infero

27. give someone what for ::

doni al iu kio por

28. chew out ::

maĉi eksteren

29. ream out ::

Escario eksteren

30. zing ::

zing

31. chasten ::

punas

32. reprehend ::

reprehend

Antonyms

1. excuse ::

preteksto

2. pardon ::

pardonon

3. spare ::

rezervaj

Different Forms

chastise, chastised, chastisement, chastisements, chastises, chastising

Word Example from TV Shows

And you sit beside this pretender and CHASTISE me.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 4

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