CHASTEN


Meaning of CHASTEN in English

v. 25B6; verb

both men were chastened : SUBDUE, humble, cow, squash, deflate, flatten, take down a peg or two, put someone in their place; informal cut down to size, settle someone's hash.

(archaic) the Heaven that chastens us. : See chastise sense 1.

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