CHASTEN


Meaning of CHASTEN in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

If you are ~ed by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. (FORMAL)

He has clearly not been ~ed by his thirteen days in detention...

A ~ed 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

~ed

The President now seems a more ~ed and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.

ADJ

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