Chasten
['tʃeɪs(ə)n] or ['tʃesn]
Definition
(v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
(v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Chastise, correct, punish, castigate.
Typed by Helga
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Purify, discipline, chastise, correct, castigate, improve, spiritualize,afflict, refine
ANT:Indulge, sensualize, brutalize, degrade, corrupt, pamper, carnalize, spoil,demoralize
Checker: Sondra
Definition
v.t. to free from faults by punishing—hence to punish to purify or refine: to restrain or moderate.—p.adj. Chas′tened purified: modest.—n. Chas′tenment.
Checked by Eugene
Examples
- Her mien was chastened and pensive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is right that I should be chastened in some penalty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As I look out on the night, my tears fall fast, and my undisciplined heart is chastened heavily--heavily. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His wild and enthusiastic imagination was chastened by the sensibility of his heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Koran records the chastened feelings of those days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I apprehend, young man, that your nature is no softer for this chastening,' said Mr. Stiggins, in a loud voice. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Ervin