All disciplining synonyms

verb disciplining

• chasten — If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
• sit — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
• rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
• keep an eye on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
• 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)
• listen up — pay attention, listen
• scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
• mind the store — to tend to business
• scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
• ride herd on — a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock: a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras.
• scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
• 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.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
• displease — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
• dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• lay out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• abash — to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• read the riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• scathe — to attack with severe criticism.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.