All chastise synonyms

verb chastise

• punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
• flog — to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
• ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
• chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
• pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
• scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• spank — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
• baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• pummelled — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• ferule — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• skelp — metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.
• slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.