chastisement

Questions about chastisement

What does chastisement mean?

chastisement means "verbal punishment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chastisement?

chastisement has 4 syllables: cha-sti-se-ment. The stress falls on "sti".

What is another word for chastisement?

Close synonyms include castigation, correction, chastening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chastisement a common word?

chastisement is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.