Thesaurus / chasten
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In short, a chastened Sri Lankan government will try to muddle through, hope the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine end soon, and do its best to secure long-term financial health.
WHAT THE CRISIS IN SRI LANKA MEANS FOR THE WORLDIAN BREMMERJUNE 4, 2022TIMEWrapping up his ill-fated trip, the chastened duke turned to the monarchy’s age-old imperial play book, long an extension of the British government’s, for answers.
BRITAIN CAN NO LONGER HIDE BEHIND THE MYTH THAT ITS EMPIRE WAS BENIGNCAROLINE ELKINSAPRIL 2, 2022TIMEOn Wednesday, in his first public statement after multiple allegations of sexual harassment, including from two former aides, he appeared chastened and sounded repentant, words normally not associated with the governor.
CUOMO SEEKS TO BUY TIME AMID SCANDALS, TAKING A LESSON FROM BILL CLINTON OF ‘NEVER QUIT’DAN BALZMARCH 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHis delays are all designed for good, either to chasten or to try, and thus confirm and bless His people.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF JOSHUAWILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIEThe great God above may chasten us in his wisdom, but rest assured He will never forsake us in His justice.
HISTORY OF COMPANY F, 1ST REGIMENT, R.I. VOLUNTEERS, DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1861CHARLES H. CLARKEThe lonesome fields and the crumbling houses would touch my imagination, and perhaps chasten my spirit.
A RAMBLER'S LEASEBRADFORD TORREYBut wisely before they preach unto others do they rouse themselves by virtues from the sleep of sin, and do chasten their bodies.
CHURCHES AND CHURCH ORNAMENTSWILLIAM DURANDUSThey are feminine in the best sense, and have all the feminine power to attract, to chasten, and to subdue.
THE BRIDLING OF PEGASUSALFRED AUSTINLove might be his again did he but ask it, and the love of as pure and sweet a creature as ever God sent to chasten a man's life.
THE TAVERN KNIGHTRAFAEL SABATINIThe flesh had become so insolent in this Roman world that Christian discipline was needed to chasten it.
THE PROSE WRITINGS OF HEINRICH HEINEHEINRICH HEINEWORDS RELATED TO CHASTEN
- abuse
- attend to
- batter
- beat
- beat up
- blacklist
- castigate
- chasten
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- correct
- crack down on
- cuff
- debar
- defrock
- discipline
- dismiss
- do in
- execute
- exile
- expel
- fine
- flog
- give a going over
- give the works
- harm
- hurt
- immure
- incarcerate
- injure
- knock about
- lash
- lecture
- maltreat
- misuse
- oppress
- paddle
- rap knuckles
- reprove
- rough up
- scourge
- sentence
- slap wrist
- spank
- switch
- teach a lesson
- throw the book at
- train
- whip
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- disciplines
- dismisses
- does in
- executes
- exiles
- expels
- fines
- flogs
- gives a goes over
- gives the works
- harms
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- injures
- knocks about
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- misuses
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- rap knuckles
- reproves
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- scourges
- sentences
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- switches
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- throws the book at
- trains
- whips
- black out
- bottle
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- check
- collect
- compose
- control
- cool
- cork
- crush
- curb
- gridlock
- hinder
- hold back
- inhibit
- jam up
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep under wraps
- kill
- lock
- master
- muffle
- overcome
- overpower
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- rein
- restrain
- shush
- silence
- simmer down
- smother
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- swallow
- throw cold water on
- tie up
- abuse
- admonish
- asperse
- berate
- blame
- castigate
- cavil
- censure
- chasten
- chide
- criticize
- denounce
- disparage
- dress down
- expostulate
- give a talking-to
- jump on
- keep aft
- lay down the law
- lecture
- light into
- nag
- objurate
- preach
- put down
- rail
- rake over the coals
- rate
- ream
- rebuke
- recriminate
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- revile
- take to task
- taunt
- tell off
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- abridges
- analyzes
- boils down
- breaks down
- breaks it down
- chastens
- clarifies
- clean up
- cleans it up
- clear up
- cuts down
- cuts the frills
- deciphers
- disentangles
- disinvolves
- draws a picture
- elucidates
- explains
- facilitates
- gets down to basics
- gets to the meat
- hits the high spots
- interprets
- lets daylight in
- lets sunlight in
- lies out
- makes clear
- makes perfectly clear
- makes plain
- orders
- puts in a nutshell
- puts one straight
- reduces
- shortens
- spells out
- streamlines
- unscrambles
- abridge
- analyze
- boil down
- break down
- break it down
- chasten
- clarify
- clean it up
- clean up
- clear up
- cut down
- cut the frills
- decipher
- disentangle
- disinvolve
- draw a picture
- elucidate
- explain
- facilitate
- get down to basics
- get to the meat
- hit the high spots
- interpret
- lay out
- let daylight in
- let sunlight in
- make clear
- make perfectly clear
- make plain
- order
- put in a nutshell
- put one straight
- reduce
- shorten
- spell out
- streamline
- unscramble
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