Crossword-Solution: CHASTENED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Chastened | imp. & p. p. | of Chasten |
| Chastened | a. | Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “CHASTENED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Newly humble | 1 answer |
| No, I don't think 'virgin wool' means that the sheep was ___, ___ | 1 answer |
| Purified; refined | 1 answer |
| Admonished | 3 answers |
| Punished. | 4 answers |
| Called on the carpet | 4 answers |
| Humbled | 16 answers |
| Contrite | 31 answers |
| ACT of being caught | 58 answers |
| Subdued | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CHASTENED (5)
Rays of male vision seem to have a tickling effect upon virgin faces in rural districts; she hastily brushed hers with her hand, as if Gabriel had been irritating its pink surface with a straw, and the free air of her previous movements was reduced at the same time to a chastened phase of itself.
Again I shall cross thirty, but under what altered conditions! A new epoch for Europe is inaugurated, with enlightened China on the east and enlightened Pan-America on the west—the two great peace powers whom God has preserved to regenerate chastened and forgiven Europe.
But, perhaps, because of the continual business of birth and of begetting which goes on upon every farm, Miriam was the more hypersensitive to the matter, and her blood was chastened almost to disgust of the faintest suggestion of such intercourse.
But at least, compared with Sterry, Turnfelt is a scholar! And speaking of Sterry, he paid us a social call a few days ago, in quite a chastened frame of mind.
These keep constant in the memory the might of the Holy Gods, and the insecurity of this frail earth on which we have our resting-place, and so the sojourners there become chastened in the spirit, and gain power over mysteries which even the most studious and learned of other men can never hope to attain.
Quotes with CHASTENED (3)
War cannot eliminate differing ideas and viewpoints, and partisans of the defeated side do not disappear. Though subjugated, they become a sizable political constituency in the postwar period. A dictator may be able to repress them, and in democracies a numerical majority may outvote them, but neither can change their thoughts. Since civil wars are, by nature, deep and fundamental conflicts, the competition between the views that led to war is likely to resurface. The defeate…
But never had their youthful beauty seemed so pure and high, as when its glow was chastened by adversity.
My encounter with desperation while witnessing the death of a precious child changed me, teaching me that although we will have sad times, we can move on, chastened and changed but resilient and hopeful. Laurel showed me one way to live with hope as well as cancer as she thrived even when tumors grew within her small body. She exhibited how a child can push aside despair and appreciate as many moments as possible, to believe in the power of resurrection, both the human spirit and in a Biblical sense.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun, NYT, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1973–2015).