Chaste : (육체적으로)순결한, (성적의도가 없는)담백한, (사물/옷/소리 등) 순수한, 담백한, 심플한, 소박한, 꾸밈없는
Chasten (t is silent) : 꾸짖다, 훈계하다, 벌하다, (잘못한 것에 대해)꾸짓다, 깨닫게 하다, 억제하다, 가라앉히다
Chastity : (육체적)순결
1)
Chaste as an adjective, I think the basic old-fashioned meaning of this is sex only within marriage, not having sex outside of marriage
a chaste woman
a chaste young man
chaste, not involving or suggesting sexual desire or indecency
a chaste kiss
he told some very chaste jokes because he knew otherwise his mother-in-law would get very upset
a chaste, not involving sex
morally pure, decent, austere and simple
2)
nowadays, we probably use this describe things that are very simple
a chaste style
very simple, very smooth without a lot of decoration to it
I like the chaste way that he writes his poetry
he speaks in a very simple chaste way and doesn't add all sorts of florid adjectives and adverbs
a chaste design
pure and simple
chaste sound of the flute
3)
to chasten, to criticize somebody , to tell somebody off
to rebuke somebody
to admonish them
I was chastened by my mother for arriving late for dinner
he was chastened by his past failures and worked hard to improve
if you chaste sombody, it is that you tell them off
to chide, dress down, be berate, rebuke, reprove, scold
4)
to chasten, to restrain yourself
he was chastened by his desire to fit in
he was restricted or held back by it
to hold back
5)
to chasten, to discipline, to cause to be more humble and more restrained
he was rather chastened by his team's ignominious defeat last week
to regret that you've done something bad
the strudent clearly had not been chastened by the punishment that teacher had given him
subdued, disciplined, cowed, curbed
to tame, temper, moderate, make less intense, subdue
he should have been chastened by my words but clearly he wasn't
Formality : 7 for chaste
Formality : 6.5 for chasten
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