Words similar to chastised

Example sentences for: chastised

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The state office on domestic violence has pointedly agreed, warning that the ruling could cause abused women to hesitate in bringing their plight before the courts for fear of being chastised for their trouble.
Anti-smoking advocates are much chastised for their zealotry.
He identifies so deeply with the victims he has invented, the aggrieved Internet comrades and the chastised Jerry Springer fans, that he's become one of them.
Wolfe chastised his fellow novelists for abandoning the rich material at their doorstep in exchange for interiority, minutiae, and meta-fiction.
Maureen Dowd chastised Republicans for protecting Bush's past after years of investigating President Clinton's.