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baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, score, tongue-lash, upbraid
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Her mom chastised her, in a text, telling her to call now. — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, "'You're scaring me,' Brooke Skylar Richardson tells mom in text after pregnancy revealed," 9 Sep. 2019 In the wake of Jones’ victory last July, Gibbs even chastised longtime driver Denny Hamlin after a 38th-place finish amid what would be his first winless season. — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "Erik Jones looks to defend Coke Zero Sugar 400 win, ignite frustrating season," 5 July 2019 Cue some pretty hilarious adventures, which include Noelle lounging in a freezer due to an unfamiliarity with heat and chastising a Salvation Army Santa for wearing shorts. — Alexis Reliford, refinery29.com, "Anna Kendrick Is Coming For A Christmas Prince's Holiday Movie Crown," 24 Aug. 2019 Now a professor at Tel Aviv University, Greenberg refuses to excavate across the Green Line and publicly chastises any archaeologist who agrees to work at sites run by Elad. — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, "Common Ground," 19 Aug. 2019 Bevin is known for criticizing state legislators in public, and a few have been chastised in personal late-night phone calls for certain votes or comments, multiple sources have told me. — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, "On Politics: Gov. Matt Bevin's special session made peace with House GOP," 1 Aug. 2019 Abigail Disney made waves this week by publicly chastising Disney CEO Bob Iger for not doing more to narrow the wage gap between his $66 million paycheck and that of the average Disney worker. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, "Abigail Disney isn't the only wealthy heir to speak out about income inequality," 18 July 2019 Evers' move comes two days after Fitzgerald chastised Wisconsin Association of School Boards lobbyist Dan Rossmiller on Twitter for urging the governor to use his veto pen to increase the per-pupil aid by about $17.5 million over the biennium. — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'Modest at best': Public school advocates praise Evers' moves to add $65 million but say budget falls short," 3 July 2019 He's distanced himself from Trump's policies on immigrants and the border wall and as a former CIA undercover officer has chastised the president for refusing to acknowledge Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. — Tom Benning, Dallas News, "Kenny Marchant becomes fourth Texas congressman to retire as GOP exodus grows," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chastise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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