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"Scold severely"2 answers
berate6 letterschastise8 letters
Filled answer is this word (CHASTISE).
Definitions
To scold, criticize, or punish someone severely.
Word origin
From Middle English chastisen, from Old French chastier, from Latin castīgō. See also the doublets chasten and castigate and cf. also chaste.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“An army was sent to chastise an unoffending people; to subdue an imaginary insurrection.”
“Thus only the husband is in a position to chastise her, for his own relatives may not exert any physical force over her.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Scold severely”8 letters
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