Synonyms and Antonyms of chastise
1
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- a cold, distant father who rarely paid attention to his children except to chastise them
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
admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove
abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate
belittle, disparage, mock, put down
ridicule, scoff, scorn
2
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
- the division of opinion regarding the appropriate way to chastise juvenile perpetrators of adult crimes
assess, charge, dock, fine, impose, levy, mulct
convict, sentence
condemn, damn, denounce
criticize, keelhaul, rebuke, reprimand, reprove
wreak
