transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃeɪs(ə)n ]
( chastens, chastening, chastened)
If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. ( FORMAL )
He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention...
A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed by n , V-ed , also be V-ed into n / -ing
• chas‧tened
The President now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.
ADJ