CHASTENING

Meaning of CHASTENING in English

A ~ experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.

From this ~ experience he learnt some useful lessons.

ADJ

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CHASTENING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chasten
Английский словарь Webster
CHASTENING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Chasten
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHASTENING — n. punishment, correction; chastisement
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHASTENING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of chasten.
Webster English vocab
CHASTENING — See main entry: ↑ chasten
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHASTENING — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. From this chastening experience he learnt some …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHASTENING — n. Chastisement, correction, discipline, humbling.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DOUCHE
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUCHE — I. ˈdüsh noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Italian doccia, from docciare to gush, pour, from doccia water pipe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUNISH — ˈpənish, -nēsh, esp in pres part -nəsh verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English punissen, from Middle French puniss-, stem …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHASTENMENT — ˈchās ə nmənt noun ( -s ) : the action of chastening
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHASTENINGLY — adverb : in a chastening manner
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHASTEN — ˈchās ə n transitive verb ( chastened ; chastened ; chastening -s( ə )niŋ ; chastens ) Etymology: alteration of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAUGH — /laf, lahf/ , v.i. 1. to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUNISH — verb Etymology: Middle English punisshen, from Anglo-French puniss-, stem of punir, from Latin punire, from poena penalty — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUCHE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUNISH — [pun.ish] vb [ME punisshen, fr. MF puniss-, stem of punir, fr. L punire, fr. poena penalty--more at pain] vt (14c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHASTEN — / ˈtʃeɪsn; NAmE / verb [ vn ] [ often passive ] ( formal ) to make sb feel sorry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHASTEN — chas ‧ ten /ˈtʃeɪs ə n/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive] formal [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: chaste 'to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHASTEN — v.tr. 1 (esp. as chastening, chastened adjs.) subdue, restrain (a chastening experience; chastened by his failure). 2 discipline, punish. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHASTEN — v.tr. 1 (esp. as chastening, chastened adjs.) subdue, restrain (a chastening experience; chastened by his failure). 2 discipline, punish. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHASTEN — v.tr. 1. (esp. as chastening, chastened adjs.) subdue, restrain (a chastening experience; chastened by his failure). 2 discipline, punish. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
CHASTEN — ( chastens, chastening, chastened) If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LECTURE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give a talk/speech/lecture ▪ He’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery. keynote speech/address/lecture …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IDEALISTIC — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An even higher dropout rate, 28. 1 percent, correlated with those who were especially idealistic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DELIVER — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES born/delivered etc by caesarean ▪ Both her children were born by caesarean section. deliver a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHAT FOR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEMPERING — Synonyms and related words : abatement, abating, ability, aging, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, arteriosclerosis, assuagement, assuaging, atherosclerosis, background, blaseness, blunting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SUBDUING — Synonyms and related words : Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, Waterloo, abating, allaying, alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, ascendancy, assuaging, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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