Chastened
[tʃeɪsnd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Chasten
(a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Editor: Wendell
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.
Editor: Wendell