chasten
verb
[ ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n ]
• (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.
• "the director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops"
Similar:
subdue,
humble,
cow,
squash,
deflate,
flatten,
bring down,
bring low,
take down a peg or two,
humiliate,
mortify,
restrain,
tame,
curb,
check,
cut down to size,
put down,
put someone in their place,
settle someone's hash,
Origin:
early 16th century: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.
