chastising

Verb

chastise (third-person singular simple present chastises, present participle chastising, simple past and past participle chastised)

1. (transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
   • And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11

   Synonyms:

   chasten, penalize, amerce, castigate, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide

2. (transitive) To castigate; to scold or censure.
   • She feels definitely that Lung Shing is her town, and is not hesitant to chastise people who she thinks are not behaving properly—such as, for example, a woman using loud, vulgar language on the street—although in so doing she may only turn the direction of abuse on herself.1975, Cornelius Osgood, The Chinese: A Study of a Hong Kong Community, volume 2, →ISBN, page 485

   Synonyms:

   admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade, slash, lash, blame, scorch