has on carpet (verb) chasten: correct, humiliate
Detalii: chasten means to correct by punishment, to take to task - to restrain or subdue; chastise means to punish, as by beating or to criticize severely
Sinonime: astonish,
astound, baffle, balk,
beat,
bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance,
dismay, dumbfound,
embarrass, faze, floor*,
flurry, fluster,
frustrate,
get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify,
overcome,
paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage,
stagger,
stick, stump,
stun,
stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*,
thwartAntonime: clear up,
educate,
enlighten, explain