as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment
a chastening hour spent cleaning floors should discourage them from further pranks
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as in condemnation
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as in punishing
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner
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as in humiliating
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
the unexpected loss to a second-rate player really chastened the tournament's top-seeded tennis star
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Recent Examples of chastening
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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Channel 4 posted its biggest deficit of all time last year in what was a chastening financial year, with content boss Ian Katz deciding to reject his bonus.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastening
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The doctor is haunted by the infamous, punitive, Magdalene laundries, to which, under his watch, an unwed mother and her baby were sent 20 years earlier.Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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The filing requests a jury trial, with the 29-year-old seeking compensatory, punitive, and statutory damages.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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De La Soul’s unexpected broadside against High and Rising drew plenty of online condemnation.Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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The demonstration in Decatur received no media attention—much less condemnation from the president.Tess Owen, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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With consumer attitudes skewed toward caring for expensive items and punishing cheaper ones, should Primark consider raising retail prices?Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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However, the universe is not punishing you with this anticipatory period.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
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Many of the conspiracy theories have prompted FEMA to create a page on its site discrediting rumors and false information about its response to Hurricane Helene.Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Still, the United States didn’t recognize Haiti as a nation until 1862, during the Civil War, when American leadership was looking for any support in discrediting slavery.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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That being so, the AI age of warfare will be reduced primarily to an assessment not of an adversary’s capabilities but rather of its intentions and their strategic applications.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Cruz confirms Joe’s on the flight to Dallas with an apt assessment of their new lioness, as well as a promising new mission plan through which to funnel her instincts.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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In the 1490s, for instance, a group of Florentine nuns began to show signs of possession following the imposition of strict new rules with the rise of the charismatic ascetic Savonarola.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Throughout history, in the United States and elsewhere, the imposition of political control on a civil service has been a recipe for incompetence and anti-democratic abuse.Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 1 Nov. 2024
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The committee also sought to institute stiffer fines for repeat offenders before dropping the request in hopes of getting more support for the legislation.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The company settled out of court in 2021, paying 10 million euros in fines.AFP, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Chastening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastening. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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