0 to make someone understand that they have failed or done something wrong and make them want to improve: --
He was chastened by the defeat and determined to work harder.
1 to make someone aware of failure or of having done something wrong: --
I stand corrected and suitably chastened.
I came away greatly chastened and far less critical.
He disappeared, chastened, after my brief conversation with him.
It is chastening for them, and has shown real results.
The idea that a young man leaves prison chastened and repentant is all too often a romantic myth.
The chastened tenor of his speech revealed him in an entirely new light.
They seem to have been chastened by the events of the election year, just as they accused us of having been chastened.
Arthur, after years of illness and exile, has returned, chastened and reduced.
