Synonyms for chasten
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Repress — to render humble or restrained
repress, restrain, soften, suppress, stifle, moderate, curb US, allay, abate, dampen
Definitions
- v. 1
To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
- v. 2
To render humble or restrained.
- v. 3
To make chaste.
Forms
- Past participle
- chastened
e.g. chastened → repressed, restrained, softened, suppressed…
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Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- suppress It was very hard for her to suppress her emotions.
- soften When medlars blet, they soften and become edible.
- restrain We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
- repress He tried to to repress his anger during the meeting.
- punish People punish petty thieves but love big thieves.
- chastise Be patient, God will chastise you and you'll understand!
By length
- 4 letters
- curb1, tame1
- 5 letters
- allay2, abate2
- 6 letters
- humble2, punish2, temper2, soften2, subdue2, purify3, stifle2, dampen2
- 7 letters
- correct2, repress2, reprove
- 8 letters
- moderate3, suppress2, restrain2, penalize3, chastise2, penalise
- 9 letters
- castigate3, objurgate
- 10 letters
- discipline3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allay2 = 2 syllables).