Michael Dirda

Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a part of your day-to-day existence, reminding you, chastising you, calling to you. Plus, book collecting is, hands down, the greatest pastime in the world.

American Critic

Kurt Angle

I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.

American Wrestler

Harvey Mackay

Worrying about the past or the future isn't productive. When you start chastising yourself for past mistakes, or seeing disaster around every corner, stop and take a breath and ask yourself what you can do right now to succeed.

American Businessman

Lynsey Addario

With each assignment, I weigh the looming possibility of being killed, and I chastise myself for allowing fear to hinder me. War photographers aren't supposed to get scared.

American Photographer

Goldie Hawn

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

American Actress

Joe Budden

I want to get us out of a place where the veterans are chastising the new artists and vice versa. I think we should all just support each other.

American Musician

Lily Cole

I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again.

English Actress

Xavier Becerra

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

American Politician

Joe Jackson

When you chastised a youngster back in the early ages, we called it a whipping.

Rand Paul

Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.

Using 'chastise' implies strong disapproval and is more intense than simply criticizing.

Severity Connotation

'Chastise' is often used when the goal is to correct or change someone's behavior.

Improve Behavior

Typically, an authority figure such as a parent or a boss will 'chastise' someone under their oversight.

Authority Figure

'Chastise' for physical punishment is outdated and was more commonly used in the past.

Historical Context

This older meaning involves not just punishment, but typically harsh and physical forms.

Harsh Discipline

The physical punishment aspect of 'chastise' holds negative connotations in modern contexts.

Negative Associations

 until Hercules chastised them for not behaving like heroes. Eventually, they sailed on to the Mount of Bears, an island where a group of ancient, six-armed monsters lived alongside the peaceful Doliones. While the clan welcomed the Argonauts with open arms,

The myth of Jason and...

 And what happened next -- oh, I love this -- what happened next was wonderful. He got an ovation. The astronomers weren't angry at him; they didn't want to chastise him. They praised him for his honesty and his integrity. I love that!

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 ugly because I suspect you have not I think they're all pretty magnificent I made the mistake of calling a leopard pug faced once and I was soundly chastised by various members of the

Chastise

Severity Connotation

Improve Behavior

Authority Figure

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