ALL meanings of chastening
chas·ten
C c - adjective chastening A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. 3
- adjective chastening humbling 3
- noun chastening Present participle of chasten. 1
- verb with object chastening to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise. 1
- verb with object chastening to restrain; subdue: Age has chastened his violent temper. 1
- verb with object chastening to make chaste in style. 1
- noun chastening The act by which somebody is chastened. 0