Translations for „chastening“ in the English » German Dictionary

chas·ten·ing [ˈtʃeɪstənɪŋ] ADJ

chastening

ernüchternd

chas·ten [ˈtʃeɪsən] VB trans usu passive

to chasten sb esp God

jdn züchtigen

to chasten sb (moderate)

jdn mäßigen

to be chastened by sth

durch etw acc gemäßigt [o. gezügelt] werden

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English

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

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Teachers use such public practices to coerce other students to behave by humiliating, shaming or chastening badly behaved students.

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It has been a chastening experience for the man who has out-performed him throughout their lives.

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

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

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This has a chastening effect on the fight-or-flight reflex.

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It had been a chastening day, the brutality of prison conditions contrasting acutely with the overwhelming beauty of my surroundings.

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

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Other chastening feedback: people coming to live here had found the locals only superficially friendly.

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This would have been a chastening defeat too.

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