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chastening

adjective as in penal

noun as in chastisement

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He did walk towards the Kop to deliver a wave to the Liverpool fans who still adore him after applauding his own supporters, but this was a chastening night for Alonso, a night for the home supporters not to wonder about what might have been, but to revel in what they have under Slot.

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If they want visitors to see Celtic Park as anything other than a bucket list venue - it would be nice if a global superstar said, just once, that he hated the place on the back of a chastening experience.

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Just two days after Celtic's chastening 7-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund, their city rivals also suffered a sobering night as they were outclassed by the Ligue 1 visitors.

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The latter though... guilty as charged, and it condemned them to a chastening seven-wicket defeat against their oldest enemy at Trent Bridge in the first game of a five-match series.

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On the French Open clay, a dejected Draper was particularly demonstrative in a chastening first-round defeat by Dutchman Jesper de Jong.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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