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Meanings of chastened in English

Rebuked.

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Usage of chastened in English
1
Teachers' contract talks are an early major test of the chastened Emanuel.
Reuters
2
Thus Hillyard took the train to Wadi Haifa in a chastened mood.
The Summons
3
Her response was both gracious and disarming and I felt utterly chastened.
The Irish Times
4
But the Countess had not been beaten or chastened in any way.
House of Bathory
5
And Doe said nothing till, being in a chastened mood, he resumed:
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
6
I looked down, feeling chastened, but I did not know for what.
Cleopatra's Moon
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Then in a sharp and stern reaction she rebuked, she chastened herself.
Eleanor
8
Lee is not the chastened proselytiser the film's first arc might suggest.
The Guardian
9
All the day long have I been punished, and chastened every morning.
The Good News of God
10
This was an elder brother, a grave elder brother, chastened by suffering.
Montlivet
11
But the defeat had neither lessened his resolve nor chastened his insolence.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
12
The hopeful converts went forth with a holy, chastened gratitude and trust.
Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
13
The faults of his first style still linger, but they are chastened.
My Contemporaries In Fiction
14
Perhaps that ride I gave him had chastened and subdued his spirit.
The Young Forester
15
Even chastened Microsoft may be dipping its toes back into these waters.
Wired
16
A spirit so long chastened by suffering had become elevated and noble.
The Bravo: A Tale
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Chastened across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common