chastise
How many syllables in chastise?
There are 2 syllables in the word chastise.How to pronounce chastise:
Synonyms for chastise:
admonish
attack
bawl out
berate
blame
call down
call on the carpet
castigate
chasten
chew out
chew up
chide
correct
criticize
dress down
fault
flame
flay
have words
jaw
lambast
lambaste
lecture
mock
objurgate
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Antonyms for chastise:
absolve
acclaim
agree
aid
allow
animate
applaud
approve
approve of
assist
award
be quiet
benefit
big up
bless
boost
cheer
cite
comfort
commend
compensate
compliment
congratulate
decorate
embolden
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- pandered
- sixty
- prancing
- awkward
- cradling
- gloated
- refreshed
- howled
- creeper
- rejoiced
- fervor
- dawdling
- body
- raveled
- fabric
- blotted
- echoed
- rashly
- quivered
- profess
- etched
- sufficed
- plastered
- traverse
- enmesh
- vagrant
- recedes
- rambled
- scavenged
- couping
- lilies
- innards
- girded
- fortieth
- buries
- vilest
- meddling
- aflame
- ebbed
- freshness
- espied
- rumpled
- rheumy
- cello
- bettered
- explored
- deject
- cocoon
- milky
- statuesque
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