chastening in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for chastening in the English»French Dictionary

chastening [Brit ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nɪŋ, Am ˈtʃeɪsnɪŋ] ADJ

chastening

humiliant, salutaire

I.chasten [Brit ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n, Am ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n] VB trans dated

chasten

réprimander

II.chastened ADJ

chastened

assagi

they were suitably chastened

comme il se doit cela les a fait réfléchir

chastened and subdued

assagi et moins expansif

chastening in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for chastening in the English»French Dictionary

chasten [ˈtʃeɪsn] VB trans

1. chasten (admonish):

chasten

réprimander

2. chasten (humble):

chasten

discipliner

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To have a character address me directly was very chastening.

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The combination of profound ambivalence and fierce conviction in their voices, as they opened themselves up, was chastening.

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In the face of another chastening defeat our lofty pretensions embarrass us all to the point of reappraisal.

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Chastening, then, that there are only eight of them after 66 years of building.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sometimes teams do make the required changes to personnel, culture and tactics after a chastening experience.

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But if this has been arguably the most chastening year of his hurling life, he looks back on the worst of it as an education.

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But, for the moment at least, he cuts a chastening figure.

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Overall, it has been a chastening experience for both companies.

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It was the fifth minute of the six added on to an already chastening 90 for the world champions.

www.independent.co.uk

First, we have been there before and seemingly learned some chastening lessons from history.

theconversation.com