chastise Play verbRebuke or reprimand severely. SYNONYMS admonishbawl outberateblow up atbollockbring to bookcarpetcastigatecensurechastenchew outchidecriticizedress downgive someone a bollockinggive someone a caninggive someone a dressing-downgive someone a mouthfulgive someone a ratinggive someone a roastinggive someone a rocketgive someone a rollickinggive someone a telling-offgive someone a wigginggive someone an earfulgive someone hellgive someone some stickgive someone what forhaul over the coalshave a go atlambastlecturelet someone have itmonsterobjurgatepull uprap over the knucklesrateread someone the Riot Actream outrebukerecompensereprehendreprimandreprovescoldslap someone's wristtake to tasktear someone off a striptell offthrow the book attick offtrimupbraidvisit