Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chastened

/ˈtʃeɪsənd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: chas-tened
IPA: /ˈtʃeɪsənd/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made chaste; purified; modest.

adj

Made moderate; restrained.

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of chasten

Example Sentences

"As I look back over life, I see periods, which possibly have been more crowded with ecstatic enjoyment but none in which there was more pure, equable chastened happiness, than those few weeks I spent with my children."
"The Trump era is not quite over, however. There are still 10 days of this presidency left, and reports from the Oval Office suggest he no longer feels chastened, regretting having agreed to an orderly transition."
"There are, of course, better scenarios. A chastened regime could pursue some form of accommodation with America and evolution at home."

Inflected Forms

more chastened (comparative) most chastened (superlative) chasten'd (alternative)

Derived Forms

chastenedly chastenedness unchastened

Rhymes With

hastened

Questions

How do you pronounce chastened?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʃeɪsənd/.
What does chastened mean?: Made chaste; purified; modest.

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